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dc.contributor.advisorNabelek, Peter Igoreng
dc.contributor.authorMaloney, Jennifereng
dc.coverage.spatialCalifornia -- San Diego Countyeng
dc.date.issued2007eng
dc.date.submitted2007 Springeng
dc.descriptionThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionTitle from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on October 30, 2007)eng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2007.eng
dc.descriptionDissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Geological sciences.eng
dc.description.abstractThe pegmatites of San Diego County, California, are part of the Mesozoic Peninsular Ranges Batholith of southwestern California and Baja California, Mexico. Three LCT- pegmatites were studied. The pegmatites have texturally, mineralogically, and chemically distinct footwalls, pegmatitic zones, and central pocket zones. Tourmaline shows enrichment in incompatible Li from the wall zones towards the pocket indicating that the dikes crystallized inward from the wall rock contact, with the line rock crystallizing until the melt reached fluid saturation, at which point, fluid and melt separated to form the pegmatite and the pockets, respectively. Li was strongly partitioned in favor of the fluid. The isotopic composition of tourmaline is reflective of the medium from which it crystallized and is controlled by the coordination of Li in that medium. ⁷Li prefers sites with smaller coordination numbers and stronger bonds while ⁶Li fractionates into weaker sites with higher coordination numbers. Tourmaline in the pegmatitic zone is isotopically heavier than that in the pocket zone, suggesting that ⁷Li was enriched in the melt and that the bonds of Li in the melt are stronger than the hydrated bonds of Li in the fluid. The [sigma] ⁷Li values in tourmaline crystallized in the pocket are similar to those in the line rock tourmaline, which is consistent with the accumulation of the bulk of the initial Li that was in the original melt in the pocket fluid, as this would result in little change in the isotopic composition of the Li.eng
dc.identifier.merlinb61209405eng
dc.identifier.oclc179916030eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/4928
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/4928eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. Theses. 2007 Theseseng
dc.subject.lcshLithium -- Isotopeseng
dc.subject.lcshCesiumeng
dc.subject.lcshTantalumeng
dc.subject.lcshTourmalineeng
dc.subject.lcshPegmatiteseng
dc.titleLithium and lithium isotopes in tourmaline as indicators of crystallization processes: a study of San Diego County pegmatites, Californiaeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineGeological sciences (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.S.eng


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