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Syntectonic Recrystallization and Texture Development in Quartz

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I HAVE been carrying out an electron microscopy study of quartz which has undergone partial or complete recrystallization during natural deformation. This study has shown that syntectonic recrystallization and texture (fabric) development can be interpreted by dislocation processes similar to those observed in deforming metals and ceramics rather than by the crystal growth under non-hydrostatic stress proposed in the literature1–3.

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WHITE, S. Syntectonic Recrystallization and Texture Development in Quartz. Nature 244, 276–278 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244276a0

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