Deformation microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks /

• Main Author: Blenkinsop, Tom G.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers, �2002.
• Subjects: Petrofabric analysis.; Rock deformation.; Deformations (Mechanics); Microstructure.; NATURE > Rocks & Minerals.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction 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
• shocks-inducded microstructures and shock metamorphism
• From microstructures to mountains: deformation microstructures, mechanisms and tetonics.