Toward a quantitative model of metamorphic nucleation and growth

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-993

  Gaidies, F ^a   Pattison, D R M ^b   de Capitani, C ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical diffusion; Crystal growth; CSD; Heating rate; Interfacial energy; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

AUREOLE; BATHOLITH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONATION; GARNET; HEATING; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 85027940802     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0635-2     Document Type: Article

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