The role of intragranular fracturing on grain size reduction in feldspar during mylonitization

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-25

  Michibayashi, Katsuyoshi ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROCKS; ROTATION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TECTONICS;

FELDSPAR GRAIN ORIENTATION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE REDUCTION; GRANITIC MYLONITE; INTERGRANULAR FRACTURING; MYLONITIZATION; PLAGIOCLASE GRAINS;

FELDSPAR;

FELDSPAR; GRAIN SIZE; INTRAGRANULAR FRACTURING; MYLONITIZATION;

JAPAN, HONSHU, KASHIO;

EID: 0029667702     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(95)00074-N     Document Type: Article

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