Misorientations of garnet aggregate within a vein: An example from Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 353-366

  Okamoto, A ^a,b   Michibayashi, K ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Garnet aggregate; Grain rotation; Misorientation; Vein

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BELT; GARNET GROUP; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ VEIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SAMBAGAWA BELT;

EID: 33745026478     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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