Formation and deformation mechanisms of pyroxene-spinel symplectite in an ascending mantle, the Horoman peridotite complex, Japan: An EBSD (electron backscatter diffraction) study

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Odashima, Norihiro ^a   Morishita, Tomoaki ^b   Ozawa, Kazuhito ^a   Nagahara, Hiroko ^a   Tsuchiyama, Akira ^c   Nagashima, Ryoko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascent history; Crystallographic orientation; Mantle peridotite; Phase transition; Spinel law twin; Symplectite

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149125457     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.070222b     Document Type: Article

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