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Porphyroblast rotation and the kinematic analysis of a small fold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Pádhraig S. Kennan
Pádhraig S. Kennan
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Geology Department, University College, Dublin, 4
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Summary

The sense and amount of rotation of small garnet porphyroblasts is found to vary from place to place on a fold. By correlating this variation with a proposed mechanism of formation of the fold, a tentative profile for the fold at the time of garnet growth is constructed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , May 1971 , pp. 221 - 228
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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