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Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1233-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1233-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
Research article
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02 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 02 Oct 2024

Influence of water on crystallographic preferred orientation patterns in a naturally deformed quartzite

Jeffrey M. Rahl, Brendan Moehringer, Kenneth S. Befus, and John S. Singleton

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At the high temperatures present in the deeper crust, minerals such as quartz can flow much like silly putty. The detailed mechanisms of how atoms are reorganized depends upon several factors, such as the temperature and the rate of which the mineral changes shape. We present observations from a naturally deformed rock showing that the amount of water present also influences the type of deformation in quartz, with implications for geological interpretations.
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