Low-temperature Zr mobility: An in situ synchrotron-radiation XRF study of the effect of radiation damage in zircon on the element release in H2O + HCl ± SiO2 fluids

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1211-1215

  Schmidt, Christian ^a   Rickers, Karen ^a,b   Wirth, Richard ^a   Nasdala, Lutz ^c,d   Hanchar, John M ^e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolution kinetics; Fluid phase; H2O + HCl SiO2; High temperature studies; Hydrothermal diamondanvil cell; In situ SR XRF analysis; Metamictization; Order disorder; Recrystallization; Recrystallization kinetics; Zircon aqueous fluid interactions

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; KINETICS; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; QUARTZ; RADIATION DAMAGE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SILICATE MINERALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TEMPERATURE; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; FLUID-PHASE; H2O + HCLTG_PLUSMINUSSIO2; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMICTIZATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; XRF ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

LOW TEMPERATURE; MOBILITY; RADIATION DAMAGE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZIRCON;

EID: 33748579919     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2244     Document Type: Article

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