Microstructures in a banded iron formation (Gua mine, India)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-287

  Mamtani, Manish A ^a   Mukherji, A ^a   Chaudhuri, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; Folding; Microstructure; Pressure solution; Quartz; Recrystallization; Strain

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; IRON ORES; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; STRAIN;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; DEFORMATION MICROSTRUCTURE; DIFFUSIVE MASS TRANSFER; FOLDING; MESOSCOPIC STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; PRESSURE SOLUTION; REALISTIC CONDITIONS;

STRAIN RATE;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRESSURE SOLUTION; QUARTZ VEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRAIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33947260544     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002998     Document Type: Article

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