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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-409-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-409-2023
Research article
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19 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 19 Apr 2023

Water release and homogenization by dynamic recrystallization of quartz

Junichi Fukuda, Takamoto Okudaira, and Yukiko Ohtomo

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We measured water distributions in deformed quartz by infrared spectroscopy mapping and used the results to discuss changes in water distribution resulting from textural development. Because of the grain size reduction process (dynamic recrystallization), water contents decrease from 40–1750 wt ppm in host grains of ~2 mm to 100–510 wt ppm in recrystallized regions composed of fine grains of ~10 µm. Our results indicate that water is released and homogenized by dynamic recrystallization.