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Science 27 April 1990:
Vol. 248. no. 4954, pp. 474 - 477
DOI: 10.1126/science.248.4954.474
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Ostwald Ripening of Clays and Metamorphic Minerals

Dennis D. Eberl 1, Jan Sacuterodonacute 2, Martin Kralik 3, Bruce E. Taylor 4, and Zell E. Peterman 5

1 Geological Survey, Mail Stop 404, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
2 Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-002 Krakow, Senacka 3, Poland
3 Geotechnical Institute, Federal Testing and Research Institute-Arsenal, Faradayg, 3, Post Office Box 8, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
4 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OE8
5 U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 963, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225

Analyses of particle size distributions indicate that clay minerals and other diagenetic and metamorphic minerals commonly undergo recrystallization by Ostwald ripening. The shapes of their particle size distributions can yield the rate law for this process. One consequence of Ostwald ripening is that a record of the recrystallization process is preserved in the various particle sizes. Therefore, one can determine the detailed geologic history of clays and other recrystallized minerals by separating, from a single sample, the various particle sizes for independent chemical, structural, and isotopic analyses.


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