Growth and characterization of complex mineral surfaces

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 108-118

  Jettestuen, E ^a   Jamtveit, B ^a   Podladchikov, Y Y ^a   deVilliers, S ^a   Amundsen, H E F ^a   Meakin, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

growth mechanism; microstructures; rough mineral surfaces; surface normal growth; travertine

Indexed keywords

ROUGH MINERAL SURFACES; SURFACE NORMAL GROWTH; TRAVERTINE;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

MINERALOGY;

AGGREGATE; GROWTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 33747838058     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.045     Document Type: Article

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