Electron backscatter diffraction investigation of length-fast chalcedony in agate: Implications for agate genesis and growth mechanisms

Geofluids

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-44

  French, M W ^a,b   Worden, R H ^a   Lee, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agate; Amorphous silica; Chalcedony; Crystallographic orientation; Microcrystalline quartz; Nanocrystalline quartz; Sandstone diagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CHALCEDONY; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; DIFFRACTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORIENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SILICA MINERAL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84873523604     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12006     Document Type: Article

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