The nucleation and growth of polycrystalline quartz: Pressure effect from 0.05 to 3 GPa

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 843-853

  Huang, Wuu Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coesite; Cristobalite; Nucleation and growth; Polycrystalline quartz; Silica transformation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

COESITE; CRISTOBALITES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSFORMATION RATES; TRANSITION PRESSURE;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; POLYMORPHISM; QUARTZ; SILICA;

EID: 0344237093     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0843     Document Type: Article

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