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Geological pattern formation by growth and dissolution in aqueous systems
by Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit
Proceedings AVolume 466(2115):659-694
March 8, 2010
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Terrace patterns formed in fluvial systems.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
©2010 by The Royal Society
Travertine terraces.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Simulations of terraces formed by the precipitation of calcite coupled with the loss of carbon dioxide.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Icicles and stalactites: (a) Icicles and (b) stalactites from Kartchner Caverns, Benson, AZ, USA (Short et al.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
©2010 by The Royal Society
Icicles simulated by the random walk icicle model.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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(i) Comparison between theoretical icicle shape (equation (3.9), with ζ=z′ and ρ=R′) and actual icicle shape (Short et al. 2005).
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Simulation of stalagmite growth with sinusoidally varying drop rates () (s)), where ty is time in years and P is the periodicity (500, 5000 and 15 000 years in (a–c)).
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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(a) A 67 m high stalagmite in Cueva San Martin Infierno, Cuba (Kevin Downey, The Virtual Cave, http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/largest.htm).
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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(a) Liberty Cap travertine cone at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA. (b) Several stages in a simple normal growth model and a comparison between the actual shape
of Liberty Cap (circles) and the final stage of the simulation (thick da...
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
©2010 by The Royal Society
Scalloped cave channel walls.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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(a) Roof of an ice cave, Bavaria (Karsten Peters, National Geographic, 1999).
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Cartoon of the flow field in a scallop.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Spherulitic growth.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Conceptual model for the growth of spherulites.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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(a–c) Simulation of surface normal growth with a constant growth velocity, Vn, and different nucleation rates.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Botryoidal and spherulitic growth.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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Simulation of dendritic growth using diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) models.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
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(a,b) Chromium spinel dendrites formed between olivine plates in komatiite near the upper margin of Pyke Hill lava flow (Fowler et al. 2002).
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
©2010 by The Royal Society
Single crystals.
Paul Meakin, and Bjørn Jamtveit Proc. R. Soc. A 2010;466:659-694
©2010 by The Royal Society
