A new perspective on paleopiezometry: Dynamically recrystallized grain size distributions indicate mechanism changes

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 759-762

  Stipp, Michael ^a   Tullis, Jan ^b   Scherwath, Martin ^a   Behrmann, Jan H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; DISLOCATION CREEP; FLOW STRESS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY MAXIMA; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN BOUNDARY MIGRATIONS; GRAIN DIAMETER; GRAIN SIZE; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MYLONITES; RECRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; RECRYSTALLIZED GRAINS; SUBGRAIN ROTATION; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CALIBRATION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; PIEZOMETER; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77955956685     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31162.1     Document Type: Article

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