Microstructures of coarse-grained marbles, analyzed using a new technique based on the bireflectance of calcite

Tectonophysics

Volumn 463, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Ebert, A ^a   Rieke Zapp, D ^a   Herwegh, M ^a   Ramseyer, K ^a   Gnos, E ^b   Decrouez, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcite; Coarse grained marble; Microstructure; Naxos; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAIN SIZE; MARBLE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR ZONE;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NAXOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57449094778     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.041     Document Type: Article

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