Fine structure of the whiteschist sample (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Fine structure of the whiteschist sample

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One of the pink garnet grains (left image, embedded in a matrix of quartz, rutile and phengite) with SiO2 inclusions (quartz inclusions), from which cracks originate. Numerical models (right image) predicts the generation of garnet failure.

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Thibaut Duretz, Goethe University Frankfurt

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To be used only when reporting on Cindy et al. Nature Communications (2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41310-w

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