Shock effects in quartz: Compression versus shear deformation - An example from the Rochechouart impact structure, France

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 322-332

  Trepmann, C A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil twins; diaplectic glass; mosaicism; planar deformation features; planar fractures; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIAPLECTIC GLASS; MOSAICISM; PLANAR DEFORMATION FEATURES; PLANAR FRACTURES;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FRACTURE; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PETROLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

QUARTZ;

COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; SHOCK WAVE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE VIENNE; LIMOUSIN; ROCHECHOUART CRATER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39549119351     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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