Evidence of dmisteinbergite (hexagonal form of CaAl2Si 2O8) in pseudotachylyte: A tool to constrain the thermal history of a seismic event

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 405-409

  Nestola, Fabrizio ^a,b   Mittempergher, Silvia ^a   Toro, Giulio Di ^a,c   Zorzi, Federico ^a   Pedron, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dmisteinbergite; Earthquake; Geothermometer; Pseudotachylyte

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FAULTING; FELDSPAR; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FRICTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DMISTEINBERGITE; EARTHQUAKE ENERGY BUDGET; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOTHERMOMETERS; HEXAGONAL POLYMORPH; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

ALPS;

EID: 77950252991     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3393     Document Type: Article

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