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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-767-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-767-2017
Research article
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13 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 13 Jul 2017

Switching deformation mode and mechanisms during subduction of continental crust: a case study from Alpine Corsica

Giancarlo Molli, Luca Menegon, and Alessandro Malasoma

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We present a new case study on the role of brittle precursors in nucleating shear zone. Our studied sample shows a high-pressure, low-temperature (HP/LT) microscale ultramylonite developed by brittle precursors induced during deformation within a host HP/LT granitic mylonite. We infer that the studied structures may be considered as a small-scale example of fault structures related to stick-slip strain accommodation during subduction of continental crust.