Polysynthetic feldspar twin-width distributions: Models for inversion twinning |
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Authors: | Norman H Gray and James B Anderson |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Connecticut, 06268 Storrs, Connecticut, USA;(2) Institute of Material Sciences, University of Connecticut, 06268 Storrs, Connecticut, USA |
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Abstract: | The lamella-width distribution of the transformation polysynthetic twins produced in volcanic anorthoclases during cooling reflects certain aspects of twin nucleation and growth kinetics. An analysis of simple hypothetical statistical models for the kinetics of the transformation process outlines the range and type of twin-width distributions possible. The general characteristics of these distributions, particularly at small twin widths, are sensitive to whether twin boundaries or twin centers nucleate. The rates of twin nucleation and growth during transformation also influence the general form, particularly the skewness, of the final twin-width distribution. The generally exponential nature of the upper tails to the distributions studied is apparently quite insensitive to kinetic details. |
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Keywords: | feldspar twinning mineralogy |
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