The compression pathway of quartz

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1495-1502

  Thompson, Richard M ^a   Downs, Robertrt T ^a   Dera, Przemyslaw ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BCC quartz; Brazil law twins; Crystal structure; Dauphin twin; High pressure studies; High temperature studies; Ideal quartz; Model quartz

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEGATIVE IONS; SILICON;

BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; BRAZIL LAW TWINS; HIGH PRESSURE STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE DOMAIN; PRESSURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

QUARTZ;

ANION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN; QUARTZ;

EID: 81455136020     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3843     Document Type: Article

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