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Raman spectroscopy in thrust-stacked carbonates: an investigation of spectral parameters with implications for temperature calculations in strained samples
Lauren Kedar
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University of Aberdeen, School of Geoscience, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
Clare E. Bond
University of Aberdeen, School of Geoscience, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
David K. Muirhead
University of Aberdeen, School of Geoscience, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
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David Healy, Nicholas Erik Timms, and Mark Alan Pearce
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Rock-forming minerals behave elastically, a property that controls their ability to support stress and strain, controls the transmission of seismic waves, and influences subsequent permanent deformation. Minerals are intrinsically anisotropic in their elastic properties; that is, they have directional variations that are related to the crystal lattice. We explore this directionality and present new ways of visualising it. We hope this will enable further advances in understanding deformation.
Mathieu Soret, Philippe Agard, Benoît Ildefonse, Benoît Dubacq, Cécile Prigent, and Claudio Rosenberg
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Camille Parlangeau, Alexandre Dimanov, Olivier Lacombe, Simon Hallais, and Jean-Marc Daniel
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Short summary
Raman spectroscopy of carbon-bearing rocks is often used to calculate peak temperatures and therefore burial history. However, strain is known to affect Raman spectral parameters. We investigate a series of deformed rocks that have been subjected to varying degrees of strain and find that there is a consistent change in some parameters in the most strained rocks, while other parameters are not affected by strain. We apply temperature calculations and find that strain affects them differently.
Raman spectroscopy of carbon-bearing rocks is often used to calculate peak temperatures and...
