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Hi Jan, I have a copy of that thesis. I will hunt it down & send it to you. Brad >Dear all, > >I am looking for a paper or thesis with the original quartz grain growth >data used to calibrate the relation quoted in Pierce ML, Christie JM (1987) >Kinetics of grain growth in quartz aggregates. Trans. AGU 68(16):422 >(originating from Pierce 1987, Kinetics of recovery and grain growth in >hydrostatitcally annealed quartz aggregates, Unpubl. M.Sc. thesis UCLA). > >We would like to use the data for a proper comparison with our experimental >grain growth data on different quartz rocks. I have been trying to get a >hold of this data for some time now, but sofar without success. References >to the AGU abstract and M.Sc, thesis are given in a number of papers dealing >with piezometry and mineral growth, such as Hacker et al. 1990/1992, Joesten >1991, Abalos et al. 1996. However, the original data is not given. > >Of course, we will use proper referencing to the original data and authors >in our paper. > >Can anyone help ? > >Jan ter Heege > >Dr. J.H. ter Heege >Experimental Petrology >Institute for Geology, Mineralogy & Geophysics >Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany >tel: +49-234-3224141 >fax: +49-234-3214433 >[log in to unmask] -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The secret of the universe is apathy. The Earth, the Sun, the rocks, they're all indifferent, and this is a kind of passive force." -- Isaac Singer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bradley R. Hacker office: Webb 2120 tel +1 805.893.7952 Professor of Geology dept 805.893.3471 fax +1 805.893.2314 Institute for Crustal Studies University of California, Santa Barbara CA 93106-9630 http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/hacker/