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Preferred Orientation of Nepheline in Deformed Nepheline Syenite Gneisses from Sørøy, Northern Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Brian A. Sturt
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Bedford College, Regent's Park, London, N.W. 1.

Abstract

Evidence is presented which shows that nepheline develops a preferred c-axis orientation in response to deformative stresses. It is believed that this is the first record of a stress-induced preferred orientation of nepheline.

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Articles
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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