Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Apr 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989e%26psl..92..386f&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 92, Issue 3-4, p. 386-396.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
The kinetics of oxygen self-diffusion in a natural diopside have been measured over the temperature range 700-1250°C. Experiments were run under hydrothermal conditions using 18O-enriched water. Profiles of 18O/(16O+18O) versus depth into the crystal were obtained using an ion microprobe. At 1000 bars (100 MPa) confining pressure, the Arrhenius relation for diffusion parallel to the c crystallographic direction yields a pre-exponential factor (D0) = 1.5 × 10-6 cm2/s and an activation energy (Q) = 54 +/- 5 kcal/g-atom O (226 kJ/g-atom O) over the temperature range of the experiments.
Diffusion coefficients parallel to the c crystallographic direction are ~ 100 times greater than perpendicular to c. The oxygen self-diffusion coefficient obtained for diopside is ~ 1000 times less than that for diffusion in feldspars, and ~ 100 times less than that for quartz at 800°C, transport parallel to the c axis.
Closure temperatures calculated for oxygen diffusional exchange in natural diopside are significantly higher than for quartz or feldspars. Measurable oxygen isotope exchange in diopside by diffusion would require geological settings with very high temperatures maintained for very long durations.
The oxygen diffusional exchange kinetics in diopside presented in this paper find important applications in studies of meteoric hydrothermal circulation systems and the time-temperature history of high-grade regionally metamorphosed terrains. Examples considered include the Outer Unlayered Gabbro, Cuillins Gabbro Complex, Isle of Skye, Scotland, and the granulite-grade Turpentine Hill Metamorphics near Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia.
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