First in situ observation of crystallization processes in a basaltic-andesitic melt with the moissanite cell

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 963-966

  Schiavi, Federica ^a   Walte, Nicolas ^a   Keppler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GROWTH RATE; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; CRYSTAL FRACTION; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; GRAIN COALESCENCE; GRAIN-SCALE PROCESS; GROWTH REDUCTION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE EXPERIMENTS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MAGMA SOLIDIFICATION; MOISSANITE; NATURAL ROCKS; NUCLEATION RATE; SINGLE GRAINS; SIZE FRACTION;

COALESCENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALS; NUCLEATION; OSTWALD RIPENING; SILICON CARBIDE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES;

GRAIN GROWTH;

ANDESITE; BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA; MOISSANITE; NUCLEATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 70450188077     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30087A.1     Document Type: Article

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