Deformation Microstructures and Mechanisms in Minerals and Rocks

• Main Author: Blenkinsop, Tom. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Structural geology.; Mineral resources.; Mineralogy.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Mineral Resources.
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This book is a systematic guide to the recognition and interpretation of deformation microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks at the scale of a thin section. Diagnostic features of microstructures and mechanisms are emphasized, and the subject is extensively illustrated with high-quality...

Table of Contents:

• and Terminology
• Cataclasis
• Diffusive Mass Transfer by Solution
• Intracrystalline Plasticity
• Diffusive Mass Transfer and Phase Transformations in the Solid State
• Magmatic and Sub-magmatic Deformation
• Microstructural Shear Sense Criteria
• Shock-induced microstructures and shock metamorphism
• From Microstructures to Mountains: Deformation Microstructures, Mechanisms and Tectonics.