Micro-and submicrostructural evidence for high-temperature brittle-ductile transition deformation of hornblende: Case study of high-grade mylonites from Diancangshan, western Yunnan

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1459-1470

  Cao, ShuYun ^a,b   Liu, JunLai ^a,b   Hu, Ling ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Diancangshan; Hornblende; Micro and submicrostructures; Twinning nucleation recrystallization

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALS; NUCLEATION; ROCKS; TWINNING;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION DEFORMATION; HIGH-GRADE MYLONITES; HORNBLENDE ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORNBLENDE; MYLONITE; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PORPHYROBLAST; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWINNING;

ASIA; CHINA; DIANCANG MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 34548713437     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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