REVIEWS in MINERALOGY
and GEOchEMIStRY
Volume 72
2010
Diffusion in
Minerals and Melts
EDITORS
Youxue Zhang
Daniele J. Cherniak
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York, U.S.A.
On the COver: Top Left: A BSE image showing zonation of zircon
(Zhang 2008, Geochemical Kinetics). Lower Right: Ar diffusivity in air,
water, melts and hornblende, and heat diffusivity as a function of temperature
(data are from various sources).
Series Editor: Jodi J. Rosso
MINERALOGIcAL SOcIEtY of AMERIcA
GEOchEMIcAL SOcIEtY
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Volume 72
Diffusion in Minerals and Melts
ISSN 1529-6466
ISBN 978-0-939950-86-7
Copyright 2010
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FrOm the SerieS editOr
The chapters in this volume represent an extensive compilation of the material
presented by the invited speakers at a short course on Diffusion in Minerals and
Melts held prior (December 11-12, 2010) to the Annual fall meeting of the American
Geophysical Union in San Francisco, California. The short course was held at the
Napa Valley Marriott Hotel and Spa in Napa, California and was sponsored by the
Mineralogical Society of America and the Geochemical Society.
At the MSA website, www.minsocam.org/MSA/RIM, the supplemental material
associated with this volume can be found and the reader is encouraged to have a look
at it. Any errata will also be posted there. The reader will also be able to find links
to the electronic copies of this and other RiMG volumes.
Jodi J. Rosso, Series Editor
West Richland, Washington
October 2010
PreFACe
Geologists often need to apply diffusion theory and data to understand the degree of mass
transfer, infer temperature-time histories, and address a wide range of geological problems.
The aim of this volume is to provide practitioners the necessary background and data for such
applications. We have made efforts to present a comprehensive overview, with discussion and
assessment of diffusion data in a broad range of rock-forming minerals and all geologically relevant melts. Extensive data tables are provided as online supplements (as well as at websites
maintained by individual authors), both for general usage by readers, and for experimentalists
and theoreticians in the field to develop greater understanding of diffusion and plan future
research directions.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the authors of individual chapters, and
those who reviewed the chapters. The reviewers are: Don Baker, Harald Behrens, Bill Carlson,
Michael Carroll, Fidel Costa, John Farver, John Ferry, Jiba Ganguly, Matt Heizler, Jannick
Ingrin, Motoo Ito, David Kohlstedt, Ted Labotka, Chip Lesher, Yan Liang, Thomas Mueller,
Jim Mungall, Martin Reich, Rick Ryerson, Jim Shelby, Frank Spera, Jim Van Orman, Yong-Fei
Zheng, and anonymous reviewers.
This volume and the accompanying short course in Napa Valley were made possible by
generous support for student participants from the US National Science Foundation. The
preparation of this volume and the short course benefited tremendously from the efforts of Jodi
Rosso and Alex Speer.
Youxue Zhang
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1529-6466/10/0072-0000$05.00
Daniele Cherniak
Troy, New York
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2010.72.0