Crystal growth and the fast reaction paradox: Mathematical resolution and implications for habit and compositional zoning

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 172-175

  Ortoleva, P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Crystal growth; Equilibrium; Multiscale analysis; Oscillatory crystal zoning

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCITE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; ZONING;

COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; CRYSTAL SURFACES; FAST REACTION; MASS CONSERVATION; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; REACTION KINETICS; ZONING;

EID: 67650422206     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.2947     Document Type: Article

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