Studying metamorphic microstructures: A brief insight on modern methodological approaches

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 73, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 2, 2004, Pages 235-247

  Borghi, Alessandro ^a,b   Spiess, Richard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Torino   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento Di Mineralogia E Petrologia   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse   (Italy)

Author keywords

EBSD; EMPA; Microstructures; MPIXE; OC; Trace element distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744524177     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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