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Deformation Microstructures in Rocks

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Soumyajit Mukherjee

    1. , Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

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  • 189 colour photos of microstructures
  • Many less known structures in micro-scale
  • Will act as a reference book for researchers and students
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy (SPRINGERGEOCHEM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Mineral Fish and D′′uctile Shear Senses

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 1-45

  3. Trapezoid-Shaped Minerals and Brittle Shear Senses

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 47-54

  4. Flanking Microstructures and Nucleations

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 55-71

  5. Intrafolial and Other Folds in Shear Zones

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 73-82

  6. Grain Migrations

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 83-86

  7. Mineral Inclusions

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 87-95

  8. Pull-Aparts, Boudins and Brittle Faults

    • Soumyajit Mukherjee
    Pages 97-111
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About this book

Study of microstructures is an indispensable component of understanding structural geology of any terrain. A number of ‘new’ microscopic structures such as ‘flanking microstructures’, trapezoid-shaped mineral grains, reversal of ductile shear sense, micro-duplexes, V-pull aparts, and new minerals nucleating inside host minerals have recently been described in individual manuscripts. However, for the sake of brevity, microstructural papers cannot show all possible variation in their morphology. The proposed book aims to present these structures with attractive colour photographs. Each photomicrograph will have a comprehensive caption. The book also presents grain boundary migration, boudins, symptoms of metamorphic retrogression, and how well known shear sense indicators (S-C fabrics, mineral fish etc.) vary in morphology in serial-sections. The target audience is for graduate and postgraduate geosciences students and researchers of structural geology.

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“The book under review presents morphological variations of few selected microstructures in the form of an atlas. … Throughout the book major findings of fundamental observations of rocks under optical microscope have been well presented. … This book is an asset for learners, useful for self-study of microstructures and serves as a user-friendly guide for a one-semester course. I recommend the book for libraries of geoscience institutes.” (Rajkumar Ghosh, Current Science, Vol. 105 (7), October, 2013)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

    Soumyajit Mukherjee

About the author

Dr. Soumyajit Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India
email: soumyajitm@gmail.com

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Deformation Microstructures in Rocks

  • Authors: Soumyajit Mukherjee

  • Series Title: Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25608-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25607-3Published: 10 July 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52141-0Published: 30 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25608-0Published: 14 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2194-3176

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-3184

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 111

  • Number of Illustrations: 189 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mineralogy, Structural Geology

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