

Recent references on Shear Zones
   The classical rferences can be found in the special volume of 1979 of Journal of Structural Geology.

Altenberger, U. and S. Wilhelm (2000). "Ductile deformation of K-feldspar in dry eclogite facies shear zones in the Bergen Arcs, Norway." Tectonophysics 320(2): 107-121.
Althoff, F., P. Barbey and A.-M. Boullier (2000). "2.8-3.0 Ga plutonism and deformation in the SE Amazonian craton: the Archaean granitoids of Marajoara (Carajas Mineral Province, Brazil)." Precambrian Research 104(3-4): 187-206.
Bauer, P., S. Palm and M. R. Handy (2000). "Strain localization and fluid pathways in mylonite: inferences from in situ deformation of a water-bearing quartz analogue (norcamphor)." Tectonophysics 320(2): 141-165.
Belkabir, A., C. Hubert and L. Hoy (1998). "Fluid-rock reactions and resulting change in rheological behavior of a composite granitoid: the Archean Mooshla stock, Canada." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 35(2): 131-146.
Bell, T. H., A. C. Duncan and J. V. Simmons (1989). "Deformation partitioning, shear zone development and the role of undeformable objects." Tectonophysics 158: 163-171.
Bestmann, M., K. Kunze and A. Matthews (2000). "Evolution of a calcite marble shear zone comples on Thassos Island, Greece: microstructural and textureal fabrics and their kinematic siginificance." Journal of Structural Geology 22(11-12): 1789-1807.
Blenkinsop, T. G. and P. J. Treloar (1995). "Geometry, classification and kinematics of S-C and S-C' fabrics in the Mushandike area, Zimbabwe." Journal of Structural Geology 17(3): 397-408.
Bons, P. D. and M. W. Jessell (1999). "Micro-shear zones in experimentally deformed octachloropropane." Journal of Structural Geology 21(3): 323-334.
Bons, P. D. and J. L. Urai (1996). "An apparatus to experimentally model the dynamics of ductile shear zones." Tectonophysics 256: 145-164.
Bons, P. D. J., Mark W. and Anonymous (1994). Folding at very high shear strain in experimental shear zones
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Busch, J. P. and B. A. Van der Pluijm (1995). "Calcite textures, microstructures and rheological properties of marble mylonites in the Bancroft shear zone, Ontario, Canada." Journal of Structural Geology 17(5): 677-688.
Busch, J. P. and B. A. van der Pluijm (1996). "Late orogenic, plastic to brittle extension along the Robertson Lake shear zone: implications for the style of deep-crustal extension in the Grenville orogen, Canada." Precambrian Research 77(1-2): 41-57.
Cannat, M. and M. Seyler (1995). "Transform tectonics, metamorphic plagioclase and amphibolitization in ultramafic rocks of the Vema transform fault (Atlantic Ocean)." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 133(3-4): 283-298.
Carter, K. E. and S. I. Dworkin (1990). "Channelized fluid flow through shear zones during fluid-enhanced dynamic recrystallization, Northern Apennines, Italy." Geology (Boulder) 18(8): 720-723.
Cembrano, J., E. Schermer, A. Lavenu and A. Sanhueza (2000). "Contrasting nature of deformation along an intra-arc shear zone, the Liquine-Ofqui fault zone, southern Chilean Andes." Tectonophysics 319(2): 129-149.
Cladouhos, T. T. (1999). "Shape preferred orientations of survivor grains in fault gouge." Journal of Structural Geology 21(4): 419-436.
de Bresser, J. H. P., J. H. ter Heege and C. J. Spiers (2001). "Grain size reduction by dynamic recrystallization: can it result in major rheological weakening?" International Journal of Earth Sciences in press.
Dennis, A. J. and D. T. Secor (1987). "A model for the development of crenulations in shear zones with applications from the Southern Appalachian Piedmont." J. Struct. Geol. 9(7): 809-817.
Escuder Viruete, J., P. P. Hernaiz Huerta, P. Valverde-Vaquero, R. Rodriguez Fernandez and G. Dunning (1998). "Variscan syncollisional extension in the Iberian Massif: structural, metamorphic and geochronological evidence from the Somosierra sector of the Sierra de Guadarrama (Central Iberian Zone, Spain)." Tectonophysics 290(1-2): 87-109.
Fernandez, L. A. d. A. and E. Koester (1999). "The Neoproterozoic Dorsal de Cangucu strike-slip shear zone: its nature and role in the tectonic evolution of southern Brazil." Journal of African Earth Sciences 29(1): 3-24.
Fletcher, J. M. and J. M. Bartley (1994). "Constrictional strain in a non-coaxial shear zone: Implications for fold and rock fabric development, central Mojave metamorphic core complex, California." Journal of Structural Geology 16(4): 555-570.
Friedman, M. and N. G. Higgs (1981). Calcite fabrics in experimental shear zones. Washington, D.C., AGU.
Gates, A., E and L. I. Glover (1989). "Alleghanian tectono-thermal evolution of the dextral transcurrent Hylas Zone, Virginia Piedmont, U.S.A." Journal of Structural Geology 11 ((4) ): 407-419
Gibson, R. G. (1990). "Nucleation and growth of retrograde shear zones: an example from the Needle Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A." J. Struct. Geol. 12(3): 339-350.
Gil Ibarguchi, J. I., B. Abalos, J. Azcarraga and P. Puelles (1999). "Deformation, high-pressure metamorphism and exhumation of ultramafic rocks in a deep subduction/collision setting (Cabo Ortegal, NW Spain)." Journal of Metamorphic Geology 17(6): 747-764.
Grant, C. J. and A. L. Harris (2000). "The kinematic and metamorphic history of the Sgurr Beag Thrust, Ross-shire, NW Scotland." Journal of Structural Geology 22(2): 191-205.
Grimes, S. W. and J. W. Skehan (1995). "Shear zones within the Bloody Bluff fault zone: analysis and tectonic implications." Geodynamics 19(3-4): 213-230.
Hanmer, S. (2000). "Matrix mosaics, brittle deformation, and elongate porphyroclasts: granulite facies microstructures in the Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone, western Canada." Journal of Structural Geology 22(7): 947-967.
Heilbronner, R. and M. Herwegh (1997). "Time slicing, an image processing technique to visualize the temporal development of fabrics." Journal of Structural Geology 19(6): 861-874.
Herwegh, M. and M. R. Handy (1996). "The evolution of high-temperature mylonitic microfabrics: evidence from simple shearing of a quartz analogue (norcamphor)." Journal of Structural Geology 18(5): 689-710.
Hippertt, J. (1998). "Breakdown of feldspar, volume gain and lateral mass transfer during mylonitization of granitoid in a low metamorphic grade shear zone." Journal of Structural Geology 20(2-3): 175-193.
Hippertt, J., A. Rocha, C. Lana, M. Egydio-Silva and T. Takeshita (2001). "Quartz plastic segregation and ribbon development in high-grade striped gneisses." Journal of Structural Geology 23(1): 67-80.
Hippertt, J. F. and A. J. Massucatto (1998). "Phyllonitization and development of kilometer-size extension gashes in a continental-scale strike-slip shear zone, north Goias, central Brazil." Journal of Structural Geology 20(4): 433-445.
Hogdahl, K. and H. Sjostrom (2001). "Evidence for 1.82 Ga transpressive shearing in a 1.85 Ga granitoid in central Sweden: implications for the regional evolution." Precambrian Research 105(1): 37-56.
Hudleston, P. J. and P. Bhattacharyya (1998). "Effect of recrystallization on shear zone fabrics." Geological Society of America, 1998 annual meeting 30(7): 235.
Jaroslow, G. E., G. Hirth and H. J. B. Dick (1996). "Abyssal peridotite mylonites: implications for grain-size sensitive flow and strain localization in the oceanic lithosphere." Tectonophysics 256(1-4): 17-37.
Jensen, L. N. and J. Starky (1985). "Plagioclase microfabrics in a ductile shear zone from the Jotun Nappe, Norway." J. Struct. Geol. 7(5): 527-539.
Jessell, M. W. and G. S. Lister (1991). "Strain localization behaviour in experimental shear zones." PAGEOPH 137(4): 421-438.
Jessell, M. W. & Lister, G.S. (1991). " Strain localization behaviour in experimental shear zones." Pure and Applied Geophysics 137: 421-438.
Jessell, M. W. & Lister, G.S., (1992). Strain localization behaviour in experimental shear zones. In. Pure and Applied Geophysics (in press).
Jessell, M. W. & Lister, Gordon S. and Anonymous (1989). The relative roles of pure shear and simple shear during crustal deformation. Australasian tectonics, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. 24: 77-78.
Jessell, M. W. & Lister, Gordon S.(1989). The role of temperature in determining crystallographic preferred orientations
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Jessell, M. W. V., Rick K. and Anonymous (1994). Integrated structural and geophysical modelling. Deformation processes in the Earth; from microcracks to mountain belts; field conference, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. 36: 82.
Jin, D., S.-I. Karato and M. Obata (1998). "Mechanisms of shear localization in the continental lithosphere: interence from the deformation microstructres of peridotites from the Ivrea zone, northwestern Italy." Journal of Structural Geology 20(2-3): 195-209.
Knapp, S. T. (1983). Gliding flow and recrystallization of halite gouge in experimental shear zones, Rice University.
Kobayashi, K. (1996). "Rotation of slip direction of the Atokura Nappe viewed from microstructural analyses of brittle shear zones in the Sambagawa belt, Southwest Japan." Journal of Structural Geology 18(5): 563-571.
Kruse, R. and H. Stunitz (1999). "Deformation mechanisms and phase distribution in mafic high-temperature mylonites from the Jotun Nappe, southern Norway." Tectonophysics 303(1-4): 223-249.
Labaume, P., C. Berty and P. Laurent (1991). "Syn-diagenetic evolution of shear structures in superficial nappes; an example from the Northern Apennines (NW Italy)." Journal of Structural Geology 13 ((4) ): 385-398
Lafrance, B., B. E. John and B. R. Frost (1998). "Ultra high-temperature and subsolidus shear zones: examples from the Poe Mountain anorthosite, Wyoming." Journal of Structural Geology 20(7): 945-955.
Lamouroux, C., P. Debat, J. Ingles, N. Guerrero, P. Sirieys and J. C. Soula (1994). "Rheological properties of rock inferred from the geometry and microstructures in two natural shear zones." Mechanics of Materials 18(2): 79-87.
MacCready, T. (1996). "Misalignment of quartz c-axis fabrics and lineations due to oblique final strain increments in the Ruby Mountains core complex, Nevada." Journal of Structural Geology 18(6): 765-776.
Mandl, G., de Jong, N.J. and Maltha, A., (1977). " Shear zones in granular material: An experimental study of their structure and mechanical genesis." Rock Mechanics 9: 95-144.
Martins, H., Joao, Fernando (1993). "''V''-pull-apart microstructures; a new shear-sense indicator." Journal of Structural Geology 15 ((12) ): 1393-1403
McCuaig, T. C. and R. Kerrich (1998). "P-T-t-deformation-fluid characteristics of lode gold deposits: evidence from alteration systematics." Ore Geology Reviews 12(6): 381-453.
Michibayashi, K., S. Togami, M. Takano, M. Kumazawa and T. Kageyama (1999). "Application of scanning X-ray analytical microscope to the petrographic characterization of a ductile shear zone: an alternative method to image microstructures." Tectonophysics 310(1-4): 55-67.
Miralles, L., M. Sans, S. Gali and P. Santanach (2001). "3-D rock salt fabrics in a shear zone (Suria Anticline, South-Pyrenees)." Journal of Structural Geology 23(4): 675-691.
Molli, G. (1994). "Microstructural features of high temperature shear zones in gabbros of the Northern Apennine Ophiolites." Journal of Structural Geology 16(11): 1535-1541.
Molli, G., P. Conti, G. Giorgetti, M. Meccheri and N. Oesterling (2000). "Microfabric study on the deformational and thermal history of the Alpi Apuane marbles (Carrara marbles), Italy." Journal of Structural Geology 22(11-12): 1809-1825.
Muntener, O., J. Hermann and V. Trommsdorff (2000). "Cooling history and exhumation of lower-crustal granulite and upper mantle (Malenco, Eastern Central Alps)." Journal of Petrology 41(2): 175-200.
Newman, J., W. M. Lamb, M. R. Drury and R. L. M. Vissers (1999). "Deformation processes in a peridotite shear zone: reaction-softening by an H2O-deficient, continuous net transfer reaction." Tectonophysics 303(1-4): 193-222.
Oleson, N. Ø. (1987). "Plagioclase fabric development in a high-grade shear zone, Jotunheimen, Norway." Tectonophysics 142: 291-308.
Ord, A. (1990). " Mechanical controls on dilatant shear zones." In. Deformation Mechanisms Rheology and Tectonics (edited by Knipe, R: J. and Rutter, E.H.). Geological Society Special Publication, 54. 183-192.
Otsuki, K. (1978). " On the relationship between the width of shear zone and the displacement along fault." J. Geol. Soc. Japan 84: 661-669.
Paquette, J. L., R. Caby, M. T. Djouadi and J. L. Bouchez (1998). "U-Pb dating of the end of the Pan-African orogeny in the Tuareg shield: the post-collisional syn-shear Tioueine pluton (Western Hoggar, Algeria)." Lithos 45(1-4): 245-253.
Park, Y. and W. D. Means (1996). "Direct observation of deformation processes in crystal mushes." Journal of Structural Geology 18(6): 847-858.
Passchier, C. W. (1986). "Flow in natural shear zones - the consequences of spinning flow regimes." Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 77: 70-80.
Passchier, C. W. (1988). "Analysis of deformation paths in shear zones." Geol. Rundsch. 77(1): 309-318.
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Rutter, E. H. (1999). "On the relationship between the formation of shear zones and the form of the flow law for rocks undergoing dynamic recrystallization." Tectonophysics 303(1-4): 147-158.
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