Pressure-induced incipient amorphization of α-quartz and transition to coesite in an eclogite from Antarctica: A first record and some consequences

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 685-705

  Palmeri, R ^a   Frezzotti, M L ^a   Godard, G ^b   Davies, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Coesite; Pressure induced amorphization of quartz; Raman; Synchrotron X ray microdiffraction; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COESITE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; OMPHACITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUARTZ; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LANTERMAN RANGE;

EID: 70450105785     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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