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Deformation Features in Cataclastic Quartz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Glyndwr Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Aberystwyth.

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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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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