Interfacial friction-induced pressure and implications for the formation and preservation of intergranular coesite in metamorphic rocks

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-113

  Ji, Shaocheng ^a,b   Wang, Qian ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Formation and preservation of coesite; Interfacial friction induced pressure; Overpressure; UHP metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITES; FORMATION AND PRESERVATION OF COESITE; INTERFACIAL FRICTION-INDUCED PRESSURE; OVERPRESSURE; UHP METAMORPHISM;

DEFORMATION; FRICTION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; TRIBOLOGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COESITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ECLOGITE; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRICTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; PSEUDOMORPH; QUARTZ; TECTONIC SETTING; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 78751566375     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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