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Dislocation Distributions in Naturally Deformed Omphacite and Albite

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RECENTLY White1 and Boland et al.2 have shown that dislocation distributions in naturally deformed quartz (in quartzite) and olivine (in dunite) are consistent with deformation by a creep mechanism. Most dislocations were found to be arranged in irregular subgrain boundaries, with a few individual dislocations within the cells delineated. The object of our investigation was to examine the microstructure of an omphacite and an albite, which had been plastically deformed at elevated temperatures, and to see whether these microstructures could also have been produced by creep.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy, University of Manchester,

    G. W. LORIMER

  2. Department of Geology, University of Manchester,

    P. E. CHAMPNESS & E. T. C. SPOONER

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LORIMER, G., CHAMPNESS, P. & SPOONER, E. Dislocation Distributions in Naturally Deformed Omphacite and Albite. Nature Physical Science 239, 108–109 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci239108a0

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