Strain dependent variation of microstructure and texture in naturally deformed Carrara marble

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-696

  Oesterling, Nils ^a   Heilbronner, Renée ^a   Stünitz, Holger ^a   Barnhoorn, Auke ^b,c   Molli, Giancarlo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcite deformation; Carrara marble; Crystallographic preferred orientation; Dynamic recrystallization; Image analysis; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

CALCITE DEFORMATION; COMPUTER-INTEGRATED POLARIZATION (CIP) MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATION; ELECTRON BACK SCATTERED DIFFRACTION (EBSD); SHEAR ZONES;

CALCITE; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STRAIN; TEXTURES;

MARBLE;

CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARBLE; MICROSTRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; TEXTURE;

APENNINES; APUANE ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 34147104920     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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