Phase-field study of grain boundary tracking behavior in crack-seal microstructures

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1709-1723

  Ankit, Kumar ^a   Nestler, Britta ^a   Selzer, Michael ^a   Reichardt, Mathias ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic surface energy; Crystal growth; Phase field method; Veins

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLUTION; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE ENERGY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 84887624843     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-013-0950-x     Document Type: Article

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