Fractal analysis of experimentally, dynamically recrystallized quartz grains and its possible application as a strain rate meter

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 269-275

  Takahashi, Miki ^a   Nagahama, Hiroyuki ^b,e   Masuda, Toshiaki ^c   Fujimura, Akio ^d  

^a GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUARTZ; STRAIN RATE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; ZENER-HOLLOMON PARAMETER;

PETROLOGY;

RECRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ; STRAIN RATE METER;

EID: 0032004297     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(97)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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