40Ar/39Ar dating of cataclastic K-feldspar: A new approach for establishing the chronology of brittle deformation

• Published in: Journal of Structural Geology Vol. 131; p. 103948
• Main Authors: Wang, Yu, Zhou, Liyun, Zwingmann, Horst, Lo, Ching-hua, Li, Guowu, Hao, Jinhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: 40Ar/39Ar dating; Brittle deformation; Cataclastic K-Feldspar; Fault rocks; Microfractures; Cataclastic K-Feldspar; Microfractures; Fault rocks; 40Ar/39Ar dating; Brittle deformation

Constraining the timing of brittle deformation, such as in high-angle normal or strike-slip faulting, is technically challenging. In this study we present a new approach of age determinations from cataclastic K-feldspars of brittle faults developed in rocks of the Tan–Lu fault zone and from Louzidia...