Compositional changes of minerals associated with dynamic recrystallizatin |
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Authors: | Richard A Yund Jan Tullis |
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Institution: | (1) Department Geological Sciences, Brown University, 02912 Providence, RI, USA |
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Abstract: | The rate of compositional and isotopic exchange between minerals may be enhanced significantly if the rock is deformed simultaneously.
The enhanced exchange rate may result from a reduction in grain size (shorter distance for volume diffusion), dissolution
and growth of grains by diffusion creep (pressure solution), or the movement of high-angle grain boundaries through strained
grains during recrystallization in the dislocation creep regime. The migration of high-angle grain boundaries provides high
diffusivity paths for the rapid exchange of components during recrystallization. The operation of the latter process has been
demonstrated by deforming aggregates consisting of two plagioclases (An1 and An79) at 900°C, 1 GPa confining pressure, and a strain rate of ∼2x10-6s-1. The polygonal, recrystallized grains were analyzed using an analytical transmission electron microscope and have a variable
but often intermediate composition. At the conditions of these experiments, the volume interdiffusion rate of NaSi/CaAl is
too slow to produce any observable chemical change, and microstructural-chemical relations indicate that the contribution
from diffusion creep was insignificant except for initially fine-grained (2–10 μm) aggregates. These results indicate that
strain-induced recrystallization can be an effective mechanism for enhancing the kinetics of metamorphic reactions and for
resetting the isotope systematics of minerals such as feldspars, pyroxenes, and amphiboles. |
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