Illite 'crystallinity', maturation of organic matter and microstructural development associated with lowest-grade metamorphism of neoproterozoic sediments in the Teplá-Barrandian unit, Czech Republic

Clay Minerals

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-526

  Suchy V ^a   Sykorova I ^b   Melka, K ^c   Filip, J ^c   Machovic V ^b,d  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apatite; Chlorite 'crystallinity'; Cleavage; Fission track analysis; Graphitization; Illite 'crystallinity'; K bler index; Organic matter maturation; Proterozoic; Tepl Barrandian; Very low grade metamorphism

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITIZATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; QUARTZ; STRAIN;

FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS; ILLITE; METAMORPHISM; NEOPROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTS; QUARTZ GRAINS;

SEDIMENTS;

APATITE; CHLORITE; CRYSTALLINITY; FISSION TRACK DATING; GRAPHITIZATION; ILLITE; MATURATION; METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; TEPLA-BARRANDIAN;

EID: 40449135410     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2007.042.4.08     Document Type: Article

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