Grain boundary hierarchy development in a quartz mylonite

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 917-935

  Trimby, Patrick W ^a   Prior, David J ^a   Wheeler, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; BOUNDARY HIERARCHY; QUARTZ MYLONITE;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GRAIN BOUNDARY; QUARTZ MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0032124508     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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