Onion morphology and microstructure of polyhedral serpentine

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 687-690

  Baronnet, Alain ^a   Andréani, Muriel ^b,d   Grauby, Olivier ^a   Devouard, Bertrand ^c   Nitsche, Serge ^a   Chaudanson, Damien ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Onion; SEM; Serpentine minerals; Spheroid; TEM

Indexed keywords

DOMES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; INTERLAYER BONDING; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ONION; SERPENTINE MINERALS; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES; SPHEROID; TRIANGULAR FACETS;

MORPHOLOGY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 34247375879     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2388     Document Type: Article

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