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Deformation, Recovery and Recrystallisation of some Common Silicates

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To illustrate the general processes discussed in Chapter 6, we will now look at experimental work on some of the common silicate minerals, and try to relate this to observations on natural metamorphic rocks. The minerals chosen as examples are quartz, olivine, layer silicates and feldspar (especially plagioclase). The aim is to describe and try to interpret (i) microstructural features and (ii) preferred orientations, produced by deformation, recovery and recrystallisation. This should give us an indication of the extent to which we can relate microfabric features to metamorphic conditions, and may also tell us something about the processes controlling the deformation and recrystallisation of metamorphic minerals. I should emphasise that this kind of work is in its early stages, and no doubt many of the ideas expressed here will need alteration in the near future.

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Vernon, R.H. (1976). Deformation, Recovery and Recrystallisation of some Common Silicates. In: Metamorphic Processes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1109-4_7

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