Rock-Forming Minerals Radiation-Induced Volumetric Expansion – Revisiting Literature Data

On Experimentally and Naturally Produced Shock Effects in Rock Forming Minerals

Wettability of Common Rock-forming Minerals in a Co2-brine System at Reservoir Conditions

Wettability plays a major role in subsurface fluid migration, however little empirical evidence besides qualitative relative permeability data in this context is known about the characteristics of carbon dioxide (CO2). Core analysts use several methods combined for use in the oil industry, including the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) method and Amott test, supported visually by images from an envi...

Volumetric Modulated Radiation Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer: Literature Review

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) are two commonly used modalities to treat lung cancer. VMAT has established increasing interest in treating cancer due to shorter treatment delivery time and less number of monitor units (MUs). The main purpose of this article was to review the relevant current literature on planning studies for l...

Precise Mössbauer milliprobe determination of ferric iron in rock-forming minerals and limitations of electron microprobe analysis

For estimations of P-T conditions of igneous and metamorphic rocks, Fe31 in coexisting minerals is either assumed to be zero or is calculated from electron microprobe analyses (EMPA) based upon stoichiometry and charge balance. Geothermobarometers that involve Fe21-Mg21 exchange can be significantly affected by either neglecting Fe31 or using incorrect values. Ratios of Fe31/SFe in garnet and c...

Garnet: A Rock-Forming Mineral Petrochronometer

Garnet could be the ultimate petrochronometer. Not only can you date it directly (with an accuracy and precision that may surprise some), but it is also a common rock-forming and porphyroblast-forming mineral, with wide ranging—yet thermodynamically well understood— solid solution that provides direct and quantitative petrologic context. While accessory phase petrochronology is based largely up...