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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
Abstract
A Crystal Growth Rate Equation for Ancient Dolomites: Evidence for Millimeter-scale Flux-limited Growth
Stephan H. Nordeng (1), Duncan F. Sibley (2)
ABSTRACT
Mononuclear, polynuclear, spiral dislocation, and diffusion-limited crystal growth models operating under homogeneous or inhomogeneous kinetic conditions were considered as possible crystal growth mechanisms. Of the models considered, only mononuclear growth may result in a correlation between zone width and crystal radius in chemically homogeneous systems. However, this relationship is not linear. Any of the growth laws considered may produce a linear size-dependent growth rate when there are temporally constant differences between crystals in the kinetic factors governing growth. Differences in the kinetic factors governing growth could arise from stable variations in the chemistry of pore fluids related to permeability variations in the rock.
The radius-rate data give a crystal growth rate equation of the form
dr/dr = kr. This equation is consistent with a model wherein the rate of
crystal growth is determined by stable variations in the chemistry of pore
fluids. This implies that the kinetics of dolomite crystal growth is flux
limited and therefore no slower than many diagenetic reactions. The data
also support the hypothesis that thin-section-scale variations in dolomite
crystal size can result from variations in crystal growth rate.
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