Garnet polycrystals and the significance of clustered crystallization

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-607

  Whitney, Donna L ^a   Seaton, Nicholas C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; EBSD; Garnet; Polycrystal

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COALESCENCE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GARNET; GRAIN BOUNDARY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; ORIENTATION; PORPHYROBLAST; ZONING;

APPALACHIANS; COLOMBIA; IRAN; MENDERES MASSIF; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SANANDAJ-SIRJAN BELT; SANTANDER [COLOMBIA]; SNAKE RANGE; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956418847     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0495-1     Document Type: Article

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