Quartz grain size reduction in a granitoid rock and the transition from dislocation to diffusion creep

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1265-1284

  Kilian, Rüdiger ^a   Heilbronner, Renée ^a   Stünitz, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Diffusion creep; Dislocation creep; Dissolution precipitation; Dynamic recrystallization; Grain size reduction; Phase boundary migration; Pinning; Polymineralic rheology

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION CREEP; DISLOCATION CREEP; DISSOLUTION-PRECIPITATION; GRAIN SIZE REDUCTION; PHASE BOUNDARY MIGRATION; PINNING; POLYMINERALIC RHEOLOGY;

AGGREGATES; COALESCENCE; CREEP; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICA; MINERALS; QUARTZ; SIZE DETERMINATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CAVITATION; CREEP; FELDSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITOID; MYLONITE; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR ZONE;

ALPS; GRAIAN ALPS; GRAN PARADISO; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 79960423731     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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