Analysis of dynamic recrystallization and nucleation in a quartzite mylonite

Tectonophysics

Volumn 427, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 3-14

  Halfpenny, Angela ^a   Prior, David J ^a   Wheeler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic Recrystallization; EBSD; Misorientation; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; NUCLEATION; PROTOLITH; QUARTZITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

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

EID: 33750869772     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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