Accession Number:
ADA000019
Title:
Mechanical Twinning in Experimentally and Naturally Deformed Hornblende.
Descriptive Note:
Environmental research papers,
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1974-08-01
Pagination or Media Count:
20.0
Abstract:
Lamellar features in naturally deformed hornblende are identical to -1,01 mechanical twinning produced experimentally. Although plastic deformation features in amphiboles from tectonities are probably rare, where present, twinning may be a useful indicator of principal stress directions. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy