Synchrotron FTIR imaging of OH in quartz mylonites

Kronenberg, Andreas K.; Hasnan, Hasnor F. B.; Holyoke III, Caleb W.; Law, Richard D.; Liu, Zhenxian; Thomas, Jay B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1025-2017

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1025-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Special issue:

Analysis of deformation microstructures and mechanisms on...

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1025-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

Research article

|

04 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 04 Oct 2017

Synchrotron FTIR imaging of OH in quartz mylonites

Andreas K. Kronenberg, Hasnor F. B. Hasnan, Caleb W. Holyoke III, Richard D. Law, Zhenxian Liu, and Jay B. Thomas

Download

Final revised paper (published on 04 Oct 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 30 Mar 2017)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

- Printer-friendly version

- Supplement

RC1: 'please see attached pdf of full review', Jed Mosenfelder, 03 May 2017
- RC2: 'referee's report', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 May 2017
AC1: 'Final Author Comments and Responses to Referee Comments and Reviews', Andreas Kronenberg, 31 May 2017

Short summary

Methods of measuring trace water contents of quartz at high resolution using synchrotron infrared radiation and spectroscopy are described and applied to deformed rocks of the Moine Thrust of NW Scotland and the Main Central Thrust of the Himalaya in NW India. By imaging OH absorption bands, variations in water content can be linked to deformation microstructures, providing information on the histories of deformation, recovery, introduction and loss of water, and water weakening.