Microfabric of folded quartz veins in metagreywackes: Dislocation creep and subgrain rotation at high stress

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 555-570

  Trepmann, C A ^a   Stockhert B ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissolution precipitation creep; Dynamic recovery; Quartz; Subgrain rotation; Viscosity contrast stress concentration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CREEP; DISLOCATION; DISSOLUTION; FOLDING; GRAIN BOUNDARY; METAGREYWACKE; MICA; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; QUARTZ; QUARTZ VEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ROTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149121716     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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