THE FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF OSCILLATORY ZONING IN CRYSTALS - APPLICATION TO ZIRCON

Authors
HALDEN NM HAWTHORNE FC
Citation
Nm. Halden et Fc. Hawthorne, THE FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF OSCILLATORY ZONING IN CRYSTALS - APPLICATION TO ZIRCON, The American mineralogist, 78(9-10), 1993, pp. 1113-1116
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Geology,Mineralogy
Journal title
The American mineralogist → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003004X
Volume
78
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1113 - 1116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-004X(1993)78:9-10<1113:TFGOOZ>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Spectral analysis provides a quantitative method for describing oscill atory zoning patterns (OZP) in crystals in terms of self-affine fracta ls. An OZP may be characterized by its fractal dimension, a quantitati ve measure of the nonrandom nature of the pattern. Any model of oscill atory crystallization must reproduce the quantitative characteristics (fractal dimension, compositional variations) of the observed OZP.