Pseudotachylyte in muscovite-bearing quartzite: Coseismic friction-induced melting and plastic deformation of quartz

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-186

  Bestmann, Michel ^a   Pennacchioni, Giorgio ^b,c   Frank, Gerhard ^a   Göken, Mathias ^a   de Wall, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EBSD; Microstructures; Plastic deformation; Pseudotachylyte; Quartz; TEM

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COSEISMIC SLIPS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; EBSD; GRAIN SIZE; INDUCED MELTING; K-FELDSPAR; MELT COMPOSITIONS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL FAULTS; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SHEAR ZONE; TEM; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED;

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FRICTION; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SILICATE MINERALS;

QUARTZ;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FAULT ZONE; FOLIATION; GRAIN SIZE; HOST ROCK; IMMISCIBILITY; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUSCOVITE; NORMAL FAULT; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; QUARTZ; QUARTZITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; ITALY; TYROL;

EID: 78751571135     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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