These few pages summarizes our diploma thesis in earth science (Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland). This detailed study has been performed at Alpe Larecc (Prato-Sornico, Tessin, Suisse) during summers 2001 and 2002. It has been presented in Lausanne the third of March 2003.

This abstract is divided in 5 parts (menu below). Some supplementary pages are available for the aluminosilicates-bearing tension gashes section.

For complete informations, please refer to our diploma work or our publication (see the "Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology" website). Moreover, our "download" page already give you access to a PDF version of the diploma work summary (text only) and colour images from our publication!

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