Peristerite exsolution in metamorphic plagioclase from the Lepontine Alps: An analytical and transmission electron microscope study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-527

  Janney, Dawn E ^a,b   Wenk, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BULK COMPOSITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HIGH DISLOCATION DENSITY; IRREGULAR SPACING; METAMORPHIC GRADE; SUBGRAIN BOUNDARIES;

FELDSPAR;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; METAMORPHISM; PLAGIOCLASE;

ALPS; EUROPE; LEPONTINE ALPS;

EID: 0032823337     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-0405     Document Type: Article

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