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Deformation Microstructures in Rocks

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-642-25607-3, 978-3-642-25608-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-25608-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25396995 bytes)
Series
Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy
Edition
1
Pages
111\116
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-25 23:58:55

Description

Study of microstructures is an indispensable component of understanding structural geology of any terrain. A number of ‘new’ microscopic structures such as ‘flanking microstructures’, trapezoid-shaped mineral grains, reversal of ductile shear sense, micro-duplexes, V-pull aparts, and new minerals nucleating inside host minerals have recently been described in individual manuscripts. However, for the sake of brevity, microstructural papers cannot show all possible variation in their morphology. The proposed book aims to present these structures with attractive colour photographs. Each photomicrograph will have a comprehensive caption. The book also presents grain boundary migration, boudins, symptoms of metamorphic retrogression, and how well known shear sense indicators (S-C fabrics, mineral fish etc.) vary in morphology in serial-sections. The target audience is for graduate and postgraduate geosciences students and researchers of structural geology.

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