Cretaceous age, composition, and microstructure of pseudotachylyte in the Otago Schist, New Zealand

At Tucker Hill, in Central Otago, New Zealand, a series of pseudotachylyte veins are hosted in quartzofeldspathic schist. Chilled margins, microlites, flow banding, and the crystallisation of mineral phases absent from the host rock provide unequivocal evidence for melting during pseudotachylyte for...

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Main Authors: Barker, S., Sibson, R., Palin, J., FitzGerald, J., Reddy, Steven, Warr, L., van der Pluijm, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: SIR Publishing 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46765