Antigorite in deformed serpentinites from the Mid-Atlantic ridge

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-572

  Ribeiro Da Costa, Isabel ^a   Barriga, Fernando J A S ^a   Viti, Cecilia ^b   Mellini, Marcello ^b   Wicks, Frederick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antigorite; Chrysotile; Ductile deformation; Mid Atlantic ridge; TEM

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; FAULTING; KAOLINITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIGORITE; CHRYSOTILE; DISSOLUTION-RECRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; SOLID-STATE TRANSITIONS; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES;

SERPENTINE;

ANTIGORITE; ASBESTOS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISSOLUTION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; PHASE TRANSITION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SERPENTINITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 51949084041     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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