Coherent lamellar intergrowth in alkali feldspar

Autor(en)
Elena Petrishcheva, David Andreas Heuser, Rainer Abart
Abstrakt

A thermodynamic analysis of coherent lamellar intergrowth resulting from the exsolution of initially homogeneous alkali feldspar is presented. In contrast to earlier treatments, where the simplifying assumption of zero strain in the lamellar interfaces was used, our treatment is more general. The elastic stresses and strains associated with coherent lamellar intergrowth of Na-rich and K-rich alkali feldspar are calculated by minimising the overall elastic energy of the lamellar microstructure. At given pressure and temperature, the elastic energy depends on the volume proportions of the two lamellar types, and thus on the composition of the homogeneous precursor feldspar. As a consequence, there is no single coherent solvus for alkali feldspar, but coherent solvi are different for different compositions of the homogeneous precursor phase. Experimentally observed lamellar orientations agree with those predicted by minimising the strain energy on a set of all possible lamellar orientations.

Organisation(en)
Department für Lithosphärenforschung
Journal
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Band
178
ISSN
0010-7999
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-023-02059-z
Publikationsdatum
11-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105120 Petrologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/493bacbf-fcee-4656-8fcc-bd83d73b87ef