Distribution of brine in grain boundaries during static recrystallization in wet, synthetic halite: Insight from broad ion beam sectioning and SEM observation at cryogenic temperature

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-31

  Desbois, Guillaume ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a   Kukla, Peter A ^a   Wollenberg, Uwe ^a   Pérez Willard, Fabián ^b   Radí, Zsolt ^c   Riholm, Sandor ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c Technoorg Linda Scientific Technical Development Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

BIB cryo SEM; Brine filled GB; Halite; In situ GB microstructures; Static recrystallization

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; HALITE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84855337748     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0656-x     Document Type: Article

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