Growth mechanism of snowball garnets from the Lukmanier Pass area (Central Alps, Switzerland): A combined μCT/EPMA/EBSD study

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 240-244

  Robyr, Martin ^a,c   Vonlanthen, Pierre ^b   Baumgartner, Lukas P ^a   Grobety, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GARNET; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; ORIENTATION;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34547467213     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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