Deformation of amphibolites via dissolution-precipitation creep in the middle and lower crust

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 723-737

  Stokes, M R ^a   Wintsch, R P ^a   Southworth, C S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibolite; Blue Ridge; Dissolution precipitation creep; Metamorphic reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BLUE RIDGES; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; DISLOCATION CREEP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRACTURE NETWORK; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER CRUST; LOWER STRESS; METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STRAIGHT CRACK; THERMOBAROMETRY; TIO; TSCHERMAKITE;

CREEP; FELDSPAR; FRACTURE; GARNETS; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; SILICON; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZONING;

DISSOLUTION;

AMPHIBOLITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISSOLUTION; GARNET; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; LOWER CRUST; PLAGIOCLASE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; ZONING;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864832816     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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