Dehydration reactions and micro/nanostructures in experimentally-deformed serpentinites

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-338

  Viti, Cecilia ^a   Hirose, Takehiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformation; HRTEM; Kinking; Olivine; Serpentinite; Talc

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; DEFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LIZARDITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; SERPENTINITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 58549097257     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0337-6     Document Type: Article

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