Crystallization and layering induced by heating a reactive porous medium

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Jul 2004

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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 13, CiteID L13605

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Geophysics

Mathematical Geophysics: Modeling, Mathematical Geophysics: Numerical Solutions, Mineralogy And Petrology: Igneous Petrology, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Permeability And Porosity, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Microstructure

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Normally heating causes melting and not solidification. Here we describe a fundamental series of experiments in which heating a reactive porous medium from above leads to crystallization in the interior. As the porous matrix near the heated boundary dissolves, the resulting dense interstitial liquid sinks into the cooler porous matrix, becomes supersaturated and recrystallizes. We present a theoretical model that quantifies how this vertical redistribution of composition leads to the formation of layers in an initially homogeneous porous medium. We propose that this is a fundamental and naturally occurring process in a variety of different situations in permeable rocks.

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