Sillimanite deformation mechanisms within a grt-sil-bt gneiss: Effect of pre-deformation grain orientations and characteristics on mechanism, slip-system activation and rheology

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• analysis 5%
• andalusite 27%
• backscatter 20%
• biotite 19%
• deformation mechanism 95%
• diffraction 19%
• effect 19%
• electron 14%
• gneiss 85%
• grain boundary 39%
• kinematics 17%
• lineation 24%
• lower crust 20%
• metapelite 26%
• microstructure 15%
• preferred orientation 24%
• replacement 16%
• rheology 83%
• sillimanite 100%
• sliding 37%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Activation analysis 28%
• Biotite 33%
• Chemical activation 74%
• Electron diffraction 22%
• Grain boundary sliding 49%
• Kinematics 13%
• Microstructure 11%
• Needles 17%
• Rheology 94%