Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994e%26psl.125..281g&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 125, no. 1-4, p. 281-291
Physics
Geophysics
6
Anorthosite, Crystal Growth, Crystal Lattices, Geochemistry, High Pressure, High Temperature, Laser Heating, Lattice Parameters, Metamorphism (Geology), Perovskites, Pressure Effects, Synthesis (Chemistry), Temperature Effects, Aluminum Compounds, Calcium Compounds, Decomposition, Geophysics, Mineral Deposits, Mineralogy, Silicon Oxides, X Ray Diffraction
Scientific paper
The laser-heated diamond anvil cell has been used to synthesize anorthite samples under the pressure-temperature (PT) conditions of the transition zone. Samples recovered from high-pressure and high-temperature runs have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM). Below 17.5 GPa, the structure of the anorthite remains stable. The lattice parameters of anorthite recovered at ambient pressure and temperature have been determined by lattice parameter refinement, whereby it is shown that the distortion of the structure increases with increasing pressure of synthesis. Above 17.5 GPa, anorthite decomposes into three phases, one with the composition Ca(1.33)Al(1.33)Si(2.33)O8 and a hollandite-type structure, a phase with the composition Al2SiO5 with a kyanite structure, and an amorphous phase with the approximate composition (Ca(0.8), Al(0.2))(Si(0.8), Al(0.2))O3. This last phase is assumed to be the result of the amorphization of Ca-perovskite on pressure release. The geophysical implications of the stability of these high-pressure aluminocalcic phases in the PT conditions of the transition zone are discussed.
Gautron Laurent
Madon Michel
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