Diffusion, atomic ordering, and mass transport : selected topics in geochemistry

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Diffusion, atomic ordering, and mass transport : selected topics in geochemistry

J. Ganguly, editor ; with contributions by F. Abel ... [et al.]

(Advances in physical geochemistry, v. 8)

Springer-Verlag, c1991

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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:us ISBN 9780387972879

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One of the fundamental objectives of physical geochemistry is to understand the evolution of geochemical systems from microscopic to regional and global scales. At present there seems to be a general recognition of the fact that internal properties of minerals record important aspects of the evolutionary history of their host rocks which may be unraveled by very fine scale observations. A major focus in the development of geochemical research in the last thirty years has been the application of classical thermodynamics to reconstruct the conditions at which the states of quenched mineralogical properties of rocks have equilibrated during the course of their evolution. While these works have funda mentally influenced our understanding ofthe physico-chemical history ofrocks, in recent years petrologists, mineralogists, and geochemists have been making greater efforts towards the application of kinetic theories in order to develop a better appreciation of the temporal details of geochemical processes. The present volume brings together a variety of current research on transport in systems of geochemical interest from atomic to outcrop scales. A major theme is atomic migration or diffusion, and its various manifestations on microscopic and macroscopic scales. Transport in the solid state is controlled by diffusion and is responsible for the states of atomic ordering and relaxation of composi tional zoning in minerals, development of compositional zoning during cooling, exsolution lamellae, and creep."
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Transport phenomena in liquids and solids of geological significance are examined and their relationship to particular atomic structures is analyzed. Understanding of such processes as they occur today, in minerals for example, allows extrapolation to historic geological processes and design of new materials with defined properties. This book is especially appropriate for geophysicists, materials scientists and related researchers.

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  • NCID
    BA11837068
  • ISBN
    • 0387972870
    • 3540972870
  • LCCN
    90009667
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 567 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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