Compaction of granular quartz under hydrothermal conditions: Controlling mechanisms and grain boundary processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  van Noort, Reinier ^a   Spiers, Christopher J ^a   Pennock, Gill M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DIFFRACTION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MICROCRACK; P-T CONDITIONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 61449150492     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005815     Document Type: Article

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