Experimentally deformed quartzo-feldspathic rocks

 

Starting material & regime 1

Experimentally deformed quartzo-feldspathic rocks

 

starting material & regime1 / regime 2 / annealing & melting

 

List of microstructures

 

 

 

 

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Enfield aplite (EA) starting material; ~30% quartz, ~35% microcline, ~35% oligoclase, and ~1% biotite.

 

 

 

 

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EA shortened 35% at 725°C, 10-6/sec, and 1200 MPa; dispersed quartz (regime 1) was stronger than matrix feldspar (cataclasis).