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Oscillatory zoning caused by oscillating surface relaxations

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Oscillatory zoning is a spatial variation in the composition of minerals. It has been observed in many different minerals and a variety of mechanisms have been proposed to explain it. We propose an equilibrium model of oscillatory zoning in which the variations in composition stabilise a ferroelastic phase. This results in a sinusoidal variation in composition. We expect that this mechanism could account for oscillatory zoning found in minerals with oscillatory surface relaxations.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK, , , , , , GB

    W.T. Lee & E.K.H. Salje

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Received 9 March 1999

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Lee, W., Salje, E. Oscillatory zoning caused by oscillating surface relaxations. Eur. Phys. J. B 13, 395–398 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050047

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