Plastic deformation of metamorphic pyrite: New evidence from electron-backscatter diffraction and forescatter orientation-contrast imaging

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-81

  Boyle, A P ^a   Prior, D J ^a   Banham, M H ^a   Timms, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PYRITE;

EID: 0032425709     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050186     Document Type: Article

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