Chemical and physical responses to deformation in micaceous quartzites from the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-345

  Selverstone, J ^a   Hyatt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical changes; Pressure solution; Quartzite rheology; Solution transfer creep

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; PRESSURE SOLUTION; QUARTZITE; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 0038321298     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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