Complex nanostructures in shocked, annealed and metamorphosed baddeleyite defined by atom probe tomography
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Complex nanostructures in shocked, annealed and metamorphosed baddeleyite defined by atom probe tomography. / White, Lee F.; Darling, James; Moser, Desmond E.; Reinhard, David A.; Larson, David J.; Lawrence, Daniel; Martin, Isabelle.
Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale. ed. / Desmond E. Moser; Fernando Corfu; James R. Darling; Steven M. Reddy; Kimberly Tait. American Geophysical Union, 2018. p. 351-367 (Geophysical Monograph Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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T1 - Complex nanostructures in shocked, annealed and metamorphosed baddeleyite defined by atom probe tomography
AU - White, Lee F.
AU - Darling, James
AU - Moser, Desmond E.
AU - Reinhard, David A.
AU - Larson, David J.
AU - Lawrence, Daniel
AU - Martin, Isabelle
PY - 2018/1/29
Y1 - 2018/1/29
N2 - Chemical and isotopic signatures recorded by the accessory phase baddeleyite (ZrO2) yield important insights into the formation and evolution of mafic planetary crusts. However, little work has been conducted regarding the effects of microstructures on the mobilization and diffusion of substitutional and interstitial ions. Coupled nanometer-scale analyses of chemistry and structure in mineral phases is possible using the emerging technique of atom probe tomography (APT). Here we use this technique to describe a range of complex chemical nanostructures within shocked, annealed and metamorphosed baddeleyite grains sampled in crater floor rocks ~550m away from the contact with the Sudbury impact melt sheet. This has revealed a wide range of nanostructural phenomena, including domains of clustered incompatible cations (Fe), separated by high-angle subgrain boundaries or low-angle planar features exhibiting wave-like features decorated with trace amounts of Al, Si and Fe, likely generated by shock metamorphism. In some cases, these nanostructures have facilitated much later, and highly localized, post-impact Pb loss and Si gain ascribed to regional greenschist metamorphism. Characterizing nanoscale heterogeneities within complex, shocked baddeleyite grains using APT may allow for resolution of different deformation pathways and a more confident interpretation of the geologic significance of micron-scale trace element and isotopic analyses.
AB - Chemical and isotopic signatures recorded by the accessory phase baddeleyite (ZrO2) yield important insights into the formation and evolution of mafic planetary crusts. However, little work has been conducted regarding the effects of microstructures on the mobilization and diffusion of substitutional and interstitial ions. Coupled nanometer-scale analyses of chemistry and structure in mineral phases is possible using the emerging technique of atom probe tomography (APT). Here we use this technique to describe a range of complex chemical nanostructures within shocked, annealed and metamorphosed baddeleyite grains sampled in crater floor rocks ~550m away from the contact with the Sudbury impact melt sheet. This has revealed a wide range of nanostructural phenomena, including domains of clustered incompatible cations (Fe), separated by high-angle subgrain boundaries or low-angle planar features exhibiting wave-like features decorated with trace amounts of Al, Si and Fe, likely generated by shock metamorphism. In some cases, these nanostructures have facilitated much later, and highly localized, post-impact Pb loss and Si gain ascribed to regional greenschist metamorphism. Characterizing nanoscale heterogeneities within complex, shocked baddeleyite grains using APT may allow for resolution of different deformation pathways and a more confident interpretation of the geologic significance of micron-scale trace element and isotopic analyses.
KW - annealed baddeleyite
KW - atomic-scale techniques
KW - complex chemical nanostructure formation
KW - isotopic analysis
KW - mafic planetary crusts
KW - metamorphosed baddeleyite
KW - micron-scale trace element analysis
KW - microstructural geochronology
KW - pervasive crystal plastic deformation
KW - shocked baddeleyite grains
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050444239&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/9781119227250.ch17
DO - 10.1002/9781119227250.ch17
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781119227243
T3 - Geophysical Monograph Series
SP - 351
EP - 367
BT - Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale
A2 - Moser, Desmond E.
A2 - Corfu, Fernando
A2 - Darling, James R.
A2 - Reddy, Steven M.
A2 - Tait, Kimberly
PB - American Geophysical Union
ER -
ID: 7113508