Microcracking and Healing in Granites: New Evidence from Cathodoluminescence
Abstract
Quartz grains in granitic rocks usually have blue cathodoluminescence (CL). Within the blue-luminescing grains, there are often red-luminescing domains which are frequently impossible to detect without CL contrast. This finding suggests that the red-luminescing quartz is sealing preexisting microcracks. The presence of these now-healed microcracks has important implications with respect to the role of pore fluid pressure and fluid transfer in metamorphism, the origin of granites, long-period crustal deformation, earthquake mechanics, physical properties of rocks, and deep-seated geothermal energy.
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Volume 205 | Issue 4405
3 August 1979
3 August 1979
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