The crystallographic preferred orientation of quartz and its applications

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-70

  Xia, Hao Ran ^a   Liu, Jun Lai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallographic preferred orientation; Plastic deformation of quartz; Rock anisotropy; Rock fabrics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; NUCLEATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; QUARTZ; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84881025395     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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