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Deformation Features in Cataclastic Quartz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Glyndwr Jenkins
Glyndwr Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Aberystwyth.
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Abstract

Petrofabric analysis has been carried out on Carboniferous rocks involved in thrust masses of the Benton system in Pembrokeshire. Evidence is contributed, which indicates stages of fracturing and crystallographic control in the deformation of individual quarts grains.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , February 1960 , pp. 73 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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