Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997gecoa..61.3671a&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 61, Issue 17, p. 3671-3689.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
Layered coronas between two reactant minerals can, in many cases, be attributed to diffusion-controlled growth with local equilibrium. This paper clarifies and unifies the previous approaches of various authors to the simplest form of modelling, which uses no assumed values for thermochemical quantities. A realistic overall reaction must be estimated from measured overall proportions of minerals and their major element compositions. Modelling is not restricted to a particular number of components S, relative to the number of phases Φ. IfΦ >S + 1, the overall reaction is a combination of simultaneous reactions. The stepwise method, solving for the local reaction at each boundary in turn, is extended to allow for recurrence of a mineral (its presence in two parts of the layer structure separated by a gap). The equations are also given in matrix form. A thermodynamic stability criterion is derived, determining which layer sequence is truly stable if several are computable from the same inputs. A layer structure satisfying the stability criterion has greater growth rate (and greater rate of entropy production) than the other computable layer sequences. This criterion of greatest entropy production is distinct from Prigogine's theorem of minimum entropy production, which distinguishes the stationary or quasi-stationary state from other states of the same layer sequence. The criterion leads to modification of previous results for coronas comprising hornblende, spinel, and orthopyroxene between olivine (Ol) and plagioclase (Pl). The outcome supports the previous inference that Si, and particularly Al, commonly behave as immobile relative to other cation-forming major elements. The affinity (-ΔG) of a corona-forming reaction is estimated, using previous estimates of diffusion coefficient and the duration t of reaction, together with a new model quantity (-ΔG)*. For an example of the Ol + Pl reaction, a rough calculation gives (-ΔG) > 1.7RT (per mole of P1 consumed, based on a 24-oxygen formula for Pl). At 600 700°C, this represents (-ΔG) > 10kJ mol-1 and departure from equilibrium temperature by at least ˜ 100°C. The lower end of this range is petrologically reasonable and, for t < 100Ma, corresponds to a Fick's-law diffusion coefficient for Al, DAl > 10-25m2s-1, larger than expected for lattice diffusion but consistent with fluid-absent grain-boundary diffusion and small concentration gradients.
Ashworth John R.
Sheplev V. S.
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