Development of garnet porphyroblasts by multiple nucleation,coalescence and boundary misorientation-driven rotations

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-290

  Spiess, R ^a,b   Peruzzo, L ^a   Prior, D J ^c   Wheeler, J ^c  

^a Dipartimento Di Mineralogia E Petrologia   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coalescence; EBSD; Garnet; Grain boundary; Misorientation; Porphyroblast; Surface energy; Zoning

Indexed keywords

GARNET; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PORPHYROBLAST;

ITALY;

EID: 0035016853     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0263-4929.2000.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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