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Effect of quantitative textural specifications on Vickers hardness of limestones
It is well-known that the indentation hardness property is influenced by micro-fabric characteristics. The effect of textural characteristics on...
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A Textural Perspective on the Magmatic System and Eruptive Behaviour of Merapi Volcano
Quantitative textural analysis of crystals, including their number density, shapes, sizes, overall abundance and size distribution can be used to...
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Textural and geochemical evidence for two-stage mineralisation at the Kamoa-Kakula Cu deposits, Central African Copperbelt
Ore in the Kamoa-Kakula deposits (Democratic Republic of Congo) is dominated by fine-grained Cu sulfides disseminated in Cryogenian diamictite matrix...
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Textural and mineralogical characteristics of sediments originated from salt domes in the northern part of the Hormuz Strait
In this research, field studies, surface sediment samples, and laboratory studies were used to determine the textural and mineralogical...
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Geological setting, geochemical, textural, and genesis of palygorskite in Eocene carbonate deposits from Central Tunisia
The Eocene deposits belonging to the Khanguet Rheouis area, North–South Axis, Central Tunisia, consist of three lithological units deposited in a...
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Diamond sources of the Juína region, Amazonian craton: textural and mineral chemical characteristics of Kimberley-type pyroclastic kimberlites
Juína is the second-largest diamond-producing municipality in Brazil and is globally known for its outstanding sublithospheric diamond occurrences in...
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Textural characteristics of ore mineral dendrites in banded quartz veins from low-sulfidation epithermal deposits: implications for the formation of bonanza-type precious metal enrichment
Quartz veins in bonanza-type ore zones of low-sulfidation epithermal deposits frequently contain ore mineral dendrites. Gold and naumannite dendrites...
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Textural characterization of unidirectional solidification textures related to Cu–Au deposits and their implication for metallogenesis and exploration
Ten rock samples with unidirectional solidification textures (USTs) from nine Asian and Australian porphyry and intrusion-related Au deposits and...
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Textural and compositional zoning in plagioclase phenocrysts: implications for magma chamber processes in the Emeishan large Igneous Province, SW China
Textural and compositional zoning within plagioclase phenocrysts records the magma chamber processes, such as magma differentiation, magma recharge...
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Paleoenvironments and hydrocarbon reservoir potentials from the selected sedimentary basins in Nigeria using sedimentary facies and textural analyses
Sedimentary facies, petrographic, textural, and mineral analyses of sections of conglomerates/pebbles and sandstone facies of the Lokoja and Patti...
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Wall rock deformation, chilled margin, textural analysis, and displacement structures of Salem dolerites emplaced within the Southern Granulite Terrane, Tamilnadu, India
Wall rock alteration products of sheared minerals, micro faults, and quenched glassy matrix in micro faults are the effects of magma ascent under...
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Environmental magnetic and textural characteristics of two estuarine core sediments from Bay of Bengal, India
The present study is aimed to assess the magnetic susceptibility (χlf), frequency-dependent susceptibility (χfd %) and geochemical and textural...
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On the origin of alkali feldspar megacrysts in granitoids. Part 2: evidence for nucleation and growth under magmatic conditions from crystal size distributions of the Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, California, USA
The mechanisms whereby alkali feldspar megacrysts form have been debated for several decades; yet, we do not understand well the processes that lead...
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Rapid eruptive transitions from low to high intensity explosions and effusive activity: insights from textural analysis of a small-volume trachytic eruption, Ascension Island, South Atlantic
Proximal deposits of small-volume trachytic eruptions are an under-studied record of eruption dynamics despite being common across a range of...
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Unveiling Nb–Ta mineralization processes: Insight from quartz textural and chemical characteristics in the Songshugang deposit, Jiangxi Province, South China
The Songshugang deposit is a large Ta–Nb deposit in South China, with Ta–Nb mineralization associated genetically with the granite and pegmatite. A...
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The magmatic origin of propylitic alteration of the Zhengguang epithermal Au-Zn deposit, Heilongjiang, China: evidence from mineral compositions and H–O-Sr isotopes
The origin of propylitic fluids in intermediate sulfidation mineralization has not been investigated in detail. Here, we present an extensive...
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New Insights into Neoproterozoic-Cretaceous Events in the Mamfe Basin (SW Cameroon, Central Africa): Evidence from Textural Analyses, U-Th Composition, and U-Pb Zircon Geochronology from Granitic Basement
Backscattered electron BSE-CL images, U-Th abundance, and U-Pb ages were obtained for zircons from the Nkogho granitic basement rocks crop** out in...
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Pre-eruptive dynamics at the Campi Flegrei Caldera: from evidence of magma mixing to timescales estimates
We review pre-eruptive dynamics and evidence of open-system behavior in the volcanic plumbing system beneath Campi Flegrei Caldera, together with...
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Textural and compositional evolution of niobium minerals in the Miaoya carbonatite-hosted REE-Nb deposit from the South Qinling Orogen of central China
The Miaoya carbonatite complex in the South Qinling Orogen hosts one of the largest REE-Nb deposits in China. The origin and evolution of REE...
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Phase equilibria modelling and textural relationship of metapelitic granulites and Grt-Bt-bearing gneisses from Mauranipur area, Bundelkhand Craton, central India
The Bundelkhand Craton (BuC) is a major Archean cratonic nucleus of the Central Indian Shield, consisting of supracrustal units of greenschist to...
