On the origin of oriented rutile needles in garnet from UHP eclogites

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-362

  Hwang, S L ^a   Yui, T F ^b   Chu, H T ^c   Shen, P ^d   Schertl, H P ^e   Zhang, R Y ^f   Liou, J G ^f  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical electron microscopy; Garnet; Oriented precipitates; Precipitation; Rutile inclusion; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ECLOGITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GARNET; ORIENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RUTILE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT;

EID: 34047269782     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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