Infrared and Raman spectra of ZrSiO4 experimentally shocked at high pressures

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 801-811

  Gucsik, A ^a   Zhang, M ^b   Koeberl, C ^a   Salje, E K H ^b   Redfern, S A T ^b   Pruneda, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High pressure; Infrared spectroscopy; Metamictization; Phase transition; Raman spectroscopy; Reidite; Scheelite structure; Zircon; ZrSiO4

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); INFRARED RADIATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCON;

RAMAN BANDS; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

HIGH PRESSURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

EID: 11144265859     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046850220     Document Type: Article

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