Metamorphism and deformation associated with lower crustal pseudotachylytes in Southern Lofoten

• Main Author: Seabra Maronni, Natalia
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Lofoten; pseudotachylyte; Hamnøya; Moskenesøya; Norway; Ramberg; Flakstadøya
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/89240; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-91853

Much debate is still happening on the subject of earthquakes in the lower crust. Pseudotachylytes are considered to be the only known evidence for such earthquakes in exhumed rocks (Steltenpohl et al., 2006). This thesis will investigate pseudotachylyte-bearing granulites from Lofoten, Norway. The t...