Direct observations of a double phase transition during the low to high transformation in quartz single crystals to 700°C and 0.6 GPa

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-182

  Raz, Urs ^a   Girsperger, Sven ^a   Thompson, Alan Bruce ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DTA; High quartz; Incommensurate; Low ( ) quartz; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; METAMORPHISM; PHASE TRANSITION; QUARTZ; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EID: 6344262091     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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