Is 'metamictization' of zircon a phase transition?

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1107-1116

  Salje, E K H ^a   Chrosch, J ^a   Ewing, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; CRYSTALLINITY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DAMAGE; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLVENTS; SWELLING; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; X RAY SCATTERING; ZIRCON;

DIFFUSE X-RAY SCATTERING; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HETEROGENEOUS MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS STRAIN; PERCOLATION TRANSITION; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION PROFILE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

PHASE TRANSITION; ZIRCON;

EID: 0033429379     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-7-813     Document Type: Article

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