Microfabrics of quartz formed from coesite (Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 811-826

  Lenze, Annette ^a   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coesite; Growth; Microfabric; Nucleation; Quartz; Transformation; UHP metamorphism

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

COESITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; ELECTRON BACK-SCATTERED DIFFRACTION; MICRO FABRIC; TRANSFORMATION; UHP METAMORPHISM; ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

QUARTZ;

COESITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPS; COTTIAN ALPS; DORA MAIRA MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 56849109891     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1848     Document Type: Article

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