超高压变质岩的塑性流变：显微构造和变形机制

超高压变质岩是大陆深俯冲作用的产物。超高压变质岩在深俯,中和快速折返过程中,经历了长距离地构造搬运和构造力的作用。其构造变形主要集中在韧性剪切带中,并发生强烈地塑性流变。研究超高压变质构造岩的显微构造及其变形机制对于深入了解大陆壳岩石在深俯;中过程中的流变学行为有十分重要的意义。山东仰口的超高压韧性剪切带中榴辉岩质和花岗质糜棱岩记录了超高压变形的历史。在超高压条件下的稳定矿物绿辉石、多硅白云母、兰晶石和钾长石具有不规则波状消光、亚晶界、核幔构造和动态重结晶等显微构造特征,TEM研究揭示了大量的位错构造,表明位错蠕变是其主要的变形机制。在花岗质糜棱岩中,金红石在刚性矿物的压力影中沉积,细粒的石榴石条带平行片理延伸,都说明超高压变形过程中有流体存在,流体助力的物质扩散迁移是又一个重要的变形机制、依据现有的流变学定律估算的流变应力应该在几十兆帕以上。     

Detrital pyrite in Witwatersrand gold reefs: X-ray diffraction evidence and implications for atmospheric evolution

Pyrite is easily oxidized, and therefore unambiguous evidence of detrital pyrite grains in metasediments is a significant constraint on when an oxygenated atmosphere developed. Compact rounded pyrite in the Witwatersrand gold reefs of South Africa has a detrital habit and is texturally equivalent to and spatially associated with detrital zircon and chromite. X-ray precession photography reveals that petrographically featureless As-poor grains are untwinned single crystals of high diffraction quality. This new evidence from crystallography is consistent with mechanically abraded pyrite from primary lode gold deposits, and excludes an origin by replacement of a pre-existing detrital phase. Further evidence of a detrital origin for the compact rounded pyrite is afforded by isolated grains of arsenian pyrite displaying truncated As-rich growth bands. The geographically extensive Witwatersrand fluvial conglomerates evidently had a matrix of quartz and pyrite sand and pyritic mud in their unconsolidated state and, thus, the late Archean atmosphere of Earth was likely essentially anoxic.     

Syn-tectonic pluton intrusion during contractional deformation: microstructural and metamorphic evidence from the aureole of the Acadian Victory Pluton, north-eastern Vermont, USA

Structures within the aureole of the Acadian (Devonian) Victory Pluton suggest that movement along the Monroe Fault occurred during pluton intrusion. Pre- or syn-tectonic garnet textures, including discordant internal and external foliations, sigmoidal inclusion trails and deflection of the matrix foliation around garnet, are found along the Monroe Fault. In sillimanite+K-feldspar grade rocks, the matrix foliation, defined by biotite and fibrolitic sillimanite, wraps around garnet and sillimanite porphyroblasts. Granite dykes and sills near the pluton contact are folded and boundinaged, and leucosome fills garnet pressure shadows and shear bands. Away from the fault and pluton contact, microstructures indicate much less deformation during metamorphism, suggesting that deformation was partitioned into the fault or the pluton. Deformation ceased before crystallization of the main body of the Victory Pluton was complete. It is possible that magmatism facilitated deformation along the Monroe Fault, and/or that the magma was transported to the mid- to upper crust along the Monroe Fault. This study suggests that Acadian deformation in north-eastern Vermont occurred as late as 390–370  Ma.     

Nannobacteria and the formation of framboidal pyrite: Textural evidence

Study of sedimentary pyrite in the form of framboids, euhedral crystals or metasomatic masses has revealed that their surfaces are commonly covered with spheroids of about 50 nm. This applies to all the examples studied, from modern to Proterozoic. These spheroids are interpreted as the pyritized corpses of nannobacterial cells; if correct, this indicates that precipitation of iron sulfide was performed by these dwarf forms of bacteria, often associated with decaying organic matter.     

Relation between metamorphic crystallization and deformation: an example from lower Himalayan terrain,India

The metamorphic rocks (Salkhalas) of Kishtwar area bear evidence of four phases of deformation and three episodes of metamorphism. The last deformational phase has however not initiated crystallization of new phase. The metamorphic crystallization was synkinematic to first phase of deformation with the rise in grade during post D₁ phase which continued and reached its culmination in post D₂ phase. The mineral assemblages suggest medium to high pressure Barrovian type metamorphism. This was followed by granitization leading to the formation of migmatites, augen & porphyroblastic gneisses in the late stages persisting till early D₃ phase. The growth of index minerals suggest that the metamorphism was progressive in time and it predates migmatization and thrusting in the area. The metamorphism is not caused by the granite intrusion but is probably related to heat flow from the mantle in its disturbance during Himalayan orogeny.

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Zusammenfassung Die metamorphen Gesteine (Salkhalas) aus dem Kishtwar Gebiet liefern einen Beweis für vier Deformationsphasen und drei Episoden einer Kristallisationsmetamorphose. Die letzte Deformationsphase ist mit keiner Neukristallisation verbunden. Die metamorphe Kristallisation verlief synkinematisch mit der ersten Deformationsphase (D₁), setzte sich zunehmend fort über die zweite Phase (D₂) hinaus und erreichte einen Höhepunkt in einer Post-D₂-Phase. Die Mineralvergesellschaftungen zeigen einen Barrov-Typ von mäßigem bis hohem Druck. Dieser Metamorphose folgte eine Granitisierung, die mit einer Bildung von Migmatiten, und Augen- und porphyroklastischen Gneissen bis in die frühen Stadien der dritten Phase (D₃) hinein verbunden war.Das Wachstum der Indexmineralien zeigt eine zeitlich fortschreitende Metamorphose, die vor der Migmatisierung und der tektonischen Einengung stattfand. Die Metamorphose ist weiterhin kein Resultat der Granitintrusion, sondern wahrscheinlich durch Wärmefluß aus dem Erdmantel verursacht.

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Résumé Les roches métamorphiques (Salkhalas) de la région de Kishtwar mettent en évidence quatre phases de déformation et trois épisodes de métamorphisme. La dernière phase de déformation n'a toutefois pas entraîné de néveristallisatiòn. La cristallisation métamorphique a été syncinématique de la première phase déformative, avec élévation de son degré au cours de la phase consécutive á D₁ qui continua et atteignit son plus haut point dans la phase postérieure á D₂. Les associations minérales suggérent un métamorphisme Barrovien de moyenne à haute pression. Celui-ci a été suivi par une granitisation conduisant à la formation de migmatites, de gneiss oeillés et porphyroblastiques au cours des derniers stades qui ont persisté jusqu'au début de la phase D₃. La croissance des minéraux index suggére que le métamorphisme fut progressif au cours du temps et qu'il ert antérieur à la migmatization et au charriage dans la région. Le métamorphisme n'a pas pour cause l'intrusion granitique, mais est probablement en relation avec le flux de chaleur au cours des perturbations dans le manteau.

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Plastic deformation of wadsleyite: I. High-pressure deformation in compression

 We have studied the plastic deformation of Mg₂SiO₄ wadsleyite polycrystals. Wadsleyite was synthesized from a forsterite powder in a multianvil apparatus. It was then recovered and placed in a second multianvil assembly designed to induce plastic deformation by compression between two hard alumina pistons. After the deformation experiment, the microstructures are characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and large-angle convergent beam electron diffraction (LACBED). Deformation experiments have been carried out at 15–19 GPa and at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 1800–2000 °C. Five different dislocation types have been identified by LACBED: [100], 1/2〈111〉, [010], 〈101〉 and [001]. The [001] dislocations result from dislocation reactions and not from activation of a slip system. The [010] dislocations are activated under high stresses at the beginning of the experiments and further relax by decomposition into 1/2〈111〉 dislocations or by dissociation into four 1/4[010] partial dislocations. The following slip systems have been identified: 1/2〈111〉{101}, [100](010), [100](001), [100]{011}, [100]{021}, [010](001), [010]{101} and 〈101〉(010). Received: 15 July 2002 / Accepted: 14 February 2003 Acknowledgements High-pressure experiments were performed at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut under the EU IHP – Access to Research Infrastructures Programme (Contract no. HPRI-1999-CT-00004 to D.C. Rubie). P.C. has benefited from a Congé thématique pour recherche from the University of Lille, and would like to thank warmly all the people in Bayreuth who contributed to this work by daily assistance and discussions: Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, Daniel Frost, Jed L. Mosenfelder and Brent Poe. The quality of the preparation of the TEM specimens by H. Schultze is greatly appreciated.     

Plastic deformation of wadsleyite: II. High-pressure deformation in shear

 We have studied the dislocation microstructures that develop in (Mg_0.9Fe_0.1)₂SiO₄ wadsleyite deformed by simple shear at high pressure. The experiments were performed in a multianvil apparatus with the shear assembly designed by Karato and Rubie (1997). The samples were synthesized in a separate experiment from high-purity oxides. The deformation experiments were carried out at 14 GPa and 1300 °C with time durations ranging from 1 to 8 h leading to plastic shear strains of 60 and 73%, respectively. The microstructures investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) show that dislocation glide is activated under these conditions over the whole experimental time. The easy slip systems at 1300 °C involve 1/2<111> dislocations gliding in {101} as well as [100] dislocations gliding in (010) and {011}. Received: 15 July 2002 / Accepted: 14 February 2003 Acknowledgements High-pressure experiments were performed at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut under the EU IHP — Access to Research Infrastructures Programme (Contract no. HPRI-1999-CT-00004 to D.C. Rubie). The quality of the preparation of the TEM specimens by H. Schultze is greatly appreciated.     

Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Bohemian Massif: evidence from high pressure metamorphic rocks

The Variscan orogenic belt, of which the Bohemian Massif is a part, is typically recognized for its characteristic low pressure, high temperature metamorphism and a large volume of granites. However, there are also bodies of high pressure rocks (eclogites, garnet peridotites and high pressure granulites) which are small in size but widely distributed throughtout the Massif. Initially the high pressure rocks were considered to be relicts of a much older orogenic event, but the increasing data derived from isotopic and geochronological investigations show that many of these rocks have Palaeozoic protoliths. Metamorphic ages from the high pressure rocks define no single event. Instead, a number of discrete clusters of ages are found between about 430 Ma and the time of the dominant low pressure event at around 320–330 Ma.Most of the eclogite and granulite facies rocks are assigned to allochthonous nappes that arrived close to the end of the low pressure event, but before final granite intrusion. The nappes contain a mixture of different units and the relationship between rocks with high pressure relicts and host gneisses with no apparent signs of deep burial is still problematic. Some of the high pressure rocks retain evidence of multiple stages of partial re-equilibration during uplift. Moreover, it can be shown in certain instances that host gneisses also endured a multistage metamorphic development but with a peak event convergent with one of the breakdown stages in the enclosed rocks with high pressure relicts. It thus appears that the nappe units are composite bodies probably formed during episodic intracrustal thrusting. Fluids derived from prograde dehydration reactions in the newly under thrusting slab are taken to be the catalysts that drove the partial re-equilibrations.On the scale of the whole Massif it can be seen within the units with high pressure relicts that the temperature at the peak recorded pressure and that during the breakdown are variable in different locations. It is interpreted that regional metamorphic gradients are preserved for given stages in the history and thus the present day dismembered nappe relicts are not too far removed from their original spatial distribution in an original coherent unit. From the temperature information alone it is highly probable that the refrigerating underthrusting slab was situated in the north-west. However, this north-west to south-east underthrusting probably represents the major 380–370 Ma event and is no guide to the final thrusting that emplaced the much thinned nappe pile with high pressure relicts.Granite genesis is attributed to the late stage stacking, during the final Himalayan-type collision stage, of thinned crust covered by young, water-rich, sediments — erosion products of the earlier orogenic stages. Regional metamorphism at shallow depths above the voluminous granites was followed by final nappe emplacement which rejuvenated the granite ascent in places. Correspondence to: P. J. O'Brien     

超高压变质岩矿物中的显微构造缺陷:来自TEM和FTIR研究的证据

超高压变质矿物的某些显微构造缺陷可能指示了岩石短暂和快速抬升过程。文中报道了中国大别山双河地区超高压硬玉石英岩矿物显微构造缺陷的透射电镜(TEM)和Fourier变换红外光谱(FTIR)的研究结果。用TEM研究方法,在硬玉石英岩中硬玉包裹体内发现了亚微米级天然蒙钠长石(MA,C2/m)、高钠长石(HA,C)和低钠长石(LA,C)三种多形变体。表明岩石在折返过程经历过高温变质作用(>930℃),以及退变质过程的快速冷却;在石英包裹体内发现了纳米级柯石英和石盐子矿物,提供了柯石英转变为石英以及峰期变质条件下高盐流体存在的证据。"名义上无水矿物"(NAMs)的结构水(OH/H2O)是以缺陷形式赋存于矿物结构中。FTIR分析结果显示硬玉、石榴石、金红石和石英中结构水的平均含量分别为1000×10-6、(900~1600)×10-6、>2000×10-6和<4×10-6,硬玉石英岩全岩含水量为(490~600)×10-6,表明在高压-超高压变质作用过程中,地壳或原岩中的水可以通过这些NAMs携带到地球深部。该类显微构造缺陷可能是大陆碰撞造山带在高应变速率下的局部弱化和深部断层作用的结果。     

Evolution and time of formation of the Hohhot metamorphic core complex,North China: new structural and geochronologic evidence

The Hohhot metamorphic core complex (MCC) is one of the typical MCCs in the North China craton. Its fault systems consist of the master Hohhot detachment zone (HHDZ) on the southern flank of the Daqing Shan, and the lowermost and uppermost northern detachment zones on the northern flank. Ductile deformation temperatures of three zones were estimated as 500 ± 50°C, 650 ± 50°C, and 400 ± 50°C, respectively, by analysis of microstructures of minerals and quartz [c] crystallographic axis fabrics using electron backscattered diffraction. These measurements suggest that previous ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages could not represent the time of the high-temperature (>500°C) ductile deformations. Therefore, we used U-Pb zircon ages of mylonitized and non-mylonitized granitic intrusions to constrain the timing of the early high-temperature shearing. Strongly mylonitized granites and weakly mylonitized granites in the lowermost northern detachment zone yielded zircon U-Pb ages of 148 ± 1 and 140 ± 1 million years respectively. A syn-kinematic pluton in the lower plate of the MCC gave a U-Pb age of 142 ± 1 million years. These allow us to speculate on the possibility that SE-directed, early tangential, high-temperature ductile shearing probably was initiated during ca. 148–140 Ma (or ca. 142 Ma) at depth, with the thrust events occurring at shallow levels. A strongly mylonitized granitic dike and a non-mylonitized pluton in the master HHDZ yielded ages of 142 ± 1 and 132 ± 2 million years respectively. A non-mylonitized pluton intrusive into the uppermost northern detachment zone was dated at 131 ± 1 Ma. All these suggest that major extensional ductile shearing along the detachment zones took place during ca. 140–132 Ma. Using these new U-Pb ages, combined with previously published ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar cooling ages that range from 127 Ma to 119 million years for the master HHDZ and supradetachment basins, we discuss and derive the time of formation process of the MCC. This is one of only a few cases of detailed study of timing for the development of an MCC from earlier deep-level shearing to later thermal uplifting (doming).     

大别山超高压变质带内浅变质岩层再认识

本文依据浅变质岩层所保存的韵律层理、沉积构造、火山角砾一凝灰结构及残存的微古植物组合等,以及硅酸盐、稀土、微量元素分析成果的判别,对浅变质岩层进行了再认识,认定该浅变质岩是一套经受浅变质作用改造的火山碎屑沉积岩层;并就建立其地层序列,区域地层对比进行了论述;对其存在意义和时代归属进行了讨论.     

False metamorphic events inferred from misinterpretation of microstructural evidence and P–T data

Geometrical relationships involving inclusions and partial inclusions in metamorphic microstructures can be inadequate for inferring an order of crystallization and hence a metamorphic reaction. Unique spatial and/or chemical relationships need to be defined for mineral inclusions, in the context of a reference paragenesis, commonly the matrix assemblage. Corona microstructures are reliable indicators of metamorphic reactions, but require considerable care when used to infer reactions or changes in P–T conditions, owing to kinetic problems, as well as to changes in the effective reaction volume during changes across relatively broad P–T stability fields of assemblages. Mineral equilibria models, most commonly implemented through P–T pseudosections, may allow the order in which different minerals become stable along a given P–T path to be inferred. However, the order in which two minerals become stable may be different from the order in which two grains of these minerals nucleate. Furthermore, such diagrams cannot make predictions about which minerals will form porphyroblasts and which minerals will form inclusions in porphyroblasts. An evaluation of three examples from the Australian Proterozoic shows that modelling, in combination with inclusion‐host relationships, is a powerful tool for understanding the metamorphic evolution of a rock, but involves considerable uncertainty.     

超高压变质大理岩中的白云石分解结构：大陆地壳物质深循环的新证据

苏鲁超高压变质地体中产出的与柯石英榴辉岩共生的大理岩发生了不同程度的退变,根据退变程度差异识别出三类大理岩菱镁矿大理岩(弱退变)、滑石大理岩(中等退变)和透闪石大理岩(强烈退变).菱镁矿大理岩的稳定矿物组合是单斜辉石+白云石+方解石,菱镁矿仅仅在方解石中与方解石集合体镶嵌共存.单斜辉石发育出溶结构且局部形成由角闪石和钠长石组成的后成合晶.另外两类大理岩不含菱镁矿,但含滑石和/或透闪石.在菱镁矿大理岩中观察到白云石的分解反应(Mg,Ca)(CO3)2=MgCO3+CaCO3,说明这些大理岩是大陆地壳物质俯冲到地幔＞180 km(甚至超过210 km)后返回到地表的产物.所观察到的白云石分解反应表明,苏鲁地区大陆地壳物质在所谓的"地幔禁区"俯冲,俯冲的温度增加梯度可能为～4.2℃/km.大陆地壳物质以如此低的温度梯度俯冲意味着非常高的俯冲速度.如此深循环的大陆地壳物质同时也经历了非常快的折返过程.这是白云石分解结构这种标志超高压条件下进变质反应阶段的证据得到保存的重要原因.     

Behaviour of zircon in high-grade metamorphic rocks: evidence from Hf isotopes,trace elements and textural studies

Hf isotopic data of minerals in a mafic pyroxene granulite from the southern Bohemian Massif, together with their major and trace element composition and petrological observations were used to decipher the metamorphic history and behaviour of zircon in the granulite. The Hf isotopic composition in the minerals was used to estimate whether the decompression reaction, namely the consumption of garnet and rutile, could have provided Zr for the formation of newly grown metamorphic zircon. The age of the decompression reaction indicated by the evolution of Hf isotopes in garnet and orthopyroxene is between 333 and 331 Ma, i.e. ca. 7 Ma younger than the available U–Pb zircon ages from the Moldanubian granulites and than the newly obtained 343 ± 2 Ma laser ablation ICP-MS U–Pb age of zircons. The combination of bulk and in-situ Hf isotopic data, major and trace element composition and petrological modeling of P–T evolution revealed that the formation of zircons can not be related to the decompression phase of the evolution of the mafic granulites. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Cathodoluminescence imaging and titanium thermometry in metamorphic quartz

Cathodoluminescence (CL) of quartz from metamorphic rocks representing a range of conditions from the garnet grade to the migmatite grade reveals a variety of textures, that is, a function of metamorphic grade and deformation history. Ti concentrations, determined by electron microprobe and ion microprobe, generally correlate with CL intensity (blue wavelengths), and application of the Ti‐in‐quartz thermometer (TitaniQ) reflects the temperature of quartz growth or recrystallization, and, in some settings, modification by diffusion. Quartz from garnet grade samples is not visibly zoned, records temperatures of 425–475 °C, and is interpreted to have recrystallized during fabric formation. Quartz grains from staurolite grade samples are zoned in CL with markedly darker cores and brighter rims, some of which are interpreted to have been produced by the dominant staurolite‐producing reaction, whereas others are interpreted as having formed by diffusion of Ti into quartz rims. Quartz from the matrix of kyanite and sillimanite grade samples are generally unzoned, although locally displays slightly brighter rims (higher Ti); quartz inclusions within garnet and staurolite have distinctly brighter rims, which are interpreted as having been produced by diffusive exchange with the host mineral. Quartz from migmatite grade samples displays highly variable CL intensity, which is dependent on the location of the grain. Matrix grains in melanosomes are largely unzoned or rarely zoned with darker cores. Leucosome quartz is strongly zoned with bright cores and dark rims and is interpreted as having formed during crystallization of the melt. Locally within the leucosome is observed oscillatory‐zoned quartz, which is interpreted as a subsolidus recrystallization to achieve strain relaxation. Quartz inclusions within garnet or plagioclase crystals often show bright domains separated by zones of dark CL. These enigmatic textures possibly reflect local melting fluxed by fluid inclusions. Temperatures calculated from the Ti–in–quartz thermometer are a function of the metamorphic grade of the sample, the textural setting of the quartz, the reaction history and the deformation history of the rock. The TitaniQ temperatures can be used to constrain the conditions at which various metamorphic processes have occurred.     

北大别片麻岩的超高压变质证据——来自锆石提供的信息

本文对北大别片麻岩锆石中矿物包体及年代学进行了研究,首次发现了北大别片麻岩的超高压变质作用证据。结合阴极发光图像和同位素定年,片麻岩锆石中矿物包体组合至少可分出三期:(1)原岩岩浆矿物组合,即斜长石、黑云母、石英和磷灰石;(2)超高压变质矿物组合,即金刚石、石榴子石和金红石等;(3)麻粒岩相退变质矿物组合,如透辉石等。其中,金刚石和石榴子石主要以包体形式被包裹于透辉石中,而透辉石是北大别麻粒岩相退变质阶段形成的代表性矿物。锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年结果表明,北大别片麻岩的峰期变质时代和麻粒岩相退变质时代分别为218±3Ma和199±10Ma。这些证明北大别片麻岩,如同其中的榴辉岩一样,经过了印支期超高压变质作用。     

The transition from brittle to ductile deformation in the Sambagawa metamorphic belt, Japan

The dominant deformation mechanism during the Sambagawa metamorphism changes from brittle to ductile with increasing metamorphic temperature. The magnitude of plastic strains inferred from the shapes of deformed radiolaria in metachert increases sharply across the boundary between the epidote-pumpellyite-actinolite zone and the epidote-actinolite zone. The synmetamorphic crack density of metachert is an indicator of the contemporaneous brittle strain of rocks, and it decreases sharply as the grade reaches the epidote-actinolite zone. Hence, the ratio of the ductile strain to the brittle strain of metachert decreases rapidly across the transition to the epidote-actinolite zone of the Sambagawa metamorphic belt.
The sharp change of the ductile strain magnitude also takes place at the epidote-actinolite grade in the Shimanto metamorphic belt of Japan, an example of the intermediate pressure facies series of metamorphism. It is concluded that the transition from brittle to ductile deformation takes place at about 300-400°C. and is independent of pressure of metamorphism.     

辽北法库变质杂岩的组成、变形与变质特点及构造属性

辽北法库变质杂岩的形成时代、大地构造属性及其与长春-延吉缝合带的形成过程一直以来都是众多地质学者关注的重要科学问题。本文试图通过U-Pb年代学以及物质组成分析、变形变质作用特点分析和区域对比的方法来建立法库变质杂岩的时空格架,大地构造归属及区域构造演化。通过详细的野外工作和镜下分析得到法库变质杂岩存在至少两期变形作用特点及角闪岩相-高绿片岩相至低绿片岩相的变质作用特点。通过对杂岩体中不同类型变质岩的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学研究得到中志留世糜棱岩化黑云母花岗闪长岩原岩年龄为433±3Ma;晚志留世绢云长英质糜棱岩原岩年龄为423±5Ma;早二叠世绢云绿泥方解斜长糜棱岩原岩年龄为292±2Ma;早三叠世长英质糜棱岩原岩年龄为250±3Ma。通过区域对比,笔者认为法库变质杂岩为索伦-西拉木伦缝合带东延的一部分是长春-延吉缝合带的重要组成,其形成演化具有复合型造山的特点,具有复杂的构造演化史。     

Plastic deformation of quartz at ultrahigh pressures

The authors' experimental studies show that quartz crystals will flow plastically at temperatures of approximately 1000° C, and pressures of the order of 1000 kg/cm². The 84° rotation of the major optic axis is taken as evidence of this.