Application of scanning X-ray analytical microscope to the petrographic characterization of a ductile shear zone: An alternative method to image microstructures

Tectonophysics

Volumn 310, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 55-67

  Michibayashi, K ^a,b   Togami, S ^c   Takano, M ^c   Kumazawa, M ^c   Kageyama, T ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granite; Image analysis; Japan; Ryoke metamorphic belt; Scanning X ray analytical microscope; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033567591     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00153-5     Document Type: Article

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