Microstructural evolution in a mylonitic quartz simple shear zone: The significant roles of dauphine twinning and misorientation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 224, Issue , 2004, Pages 39-61

  Lloyd, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; TWINNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942668426     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.224.01.04     Document Type: Article

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