Growth, Dissolution and Pattern Formation in Geosystems / Edition 1

by B. Jamtveit, P. Meakin

Overview

This book is the proceedings of the 11th Kongsberg seminar, held at the Norwegian Mining Museum in the city of Kongsberg, about 70 km Southwest of Oslo. The Kongs­ berg district is known for numerous Permian vein deposits, rich in native silver. Mining activity in the area lasted for more than 300 years, finally ceasing in 1957. The first eight Kongsberg seminars, organized by professor Arne Bj0rlykke, now director of the Norwegian Geological Survey, were focused on ore-forming processes. These seminars have always been a meeting point for people with a variety of geological backgrounds. Since 1995, the Kongsberg seminars have focussed on geological processes, rather than on specific geological systems, and the selection of invited speakers has been strongly influenced by their interest in the dynamics of geological systems. In 1995 and 1996, various aspects of fluid flow and transport in rocks, were emphasized. The first "Kongsberg proceedings" (of the 1995 seminar) published by Chapman and Hall (Jamtveit and Yardley, 1997) contained 17 chapters dealing with a wide range of topics from field based studies of the effects of fluid flow in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks to computer simulations of flow in complex porous and fractured media. In 1997, the focus was changed to growth, and dissolution processes in geological systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412832406
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	07/31/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	410
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1. Growth, Dissolution and Pattern Formation in Geosystems.- 2. Crystal Growth and Morphology: A Multi-Faceted Approach.- 3. Crystal Growth and Intracrystalline Zonation Patterns in Hydrothermal Environments.- 4. Branching and Oscillatory Patterns in Plagioclase and Mississippi-Valley Type Sphalerite Deposits.- 5. Numerical Modeling of Calcite Coarsening in the Aureoles of En Echelon Dikes: Analysis of the Kinetic Control of Isograd Geometry in Compact Metamorphism.- 6. Surface Structural Controls on Trace Element Incorporation during Crystal Growth.- 7. Nonequilibrium Growth of Crystals from Supersaturated Solutions.- 8. The Diffusion-Limited Aggregation Model and Geological Pattern Formation.- 9. Spontaneous Pattern Formation in Metallic and Ceramic Materials.- 10. Pigment Patterns on Sea Shells — A Beautiful Case of Biological Pattern Formation.- 11. Biogenic Silica: A Model of Amorphous Structure Control.- 12. A Comparison of Forsterite and Enstatite Dissolution Rates and Mechanisms.- 13. Structural Evolution of the Mineral Surface During Dissolution Probed with Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques.- 14. Surface Area of Primary Silicate Minerals.- 15. Evolution of Pore Structure and Permeability of Rocks in Laboratory Experiments.- 16. On Mechanisms and Kinetics of Creep by Intergranular Pressure Solution.- 17. Metamorphism of Marbles: Role of Feedbacks between Reaction, Fluid Flow, Pore Pressure and Creep.- 18. An Overview of Factors Controlling Rates of Compaction, Fluid Generation and Flow in Sedimentary Basins.