Characterization of mineral surfaces using FIB and TEM: A case study of naturally weathered alkali feldspars

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1383-1394

  Lee, Martin R ^a   Brown, David J ^a,e   Smith, Caroline L ^b   Hodson, Mark E ^c   MacKenzie, Maureen ^a   Hellmann, Roland ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali feldspar; FIB; TEM; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; EROSION; GOLD COATINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; IONS; LEACHING; MILLING (MACHINING); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION RATES; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; NORTHWEST ENGLAND; PHYSICAL WEATHERING;

FELDSPAR;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYSTALLINITY; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GRAIN SIZE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MINERAL PROPERTY; STOICHIOMETRY; TEXTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849204814     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2453     Document Type: Article

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