A TEM study of deformed quartz grains from volcaniclastic sediments associated with the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 393-401

  Joreau, Pascal ^a   Reimold, Wolf U ^b   Robb, Laurence J ^b   Doukhan, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Impact structure; Shock metamorphism; Tectonic deformation; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; QUARTZ; TECTONICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; DEFORMATION EFFECTS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MICROSCOPIC STUDY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; QUARTZ; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; TEM;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, BUSHVELD COMPLEX;

EID: 0030816333     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/2/0393     Document Type: Article

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