Retrograde mica in deep crustal granulites: Implications for crustal seismic anisotropy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Mahan, K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICA; PRESSURE; ROCKS; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CRUSTAL SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; CRUSTAL-SCALE SHEAR ZONE; MID-CRUSTAL CHANNEL;

GEOPHYSICS;

AMPHIBOLE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRANULITE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; MICA; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548035406     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028130     Document Type: Article

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