Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
NPG
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-47-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-47-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Research article
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23 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 23 Jan 2015

Inferring origin of mercury inclusions in quartz by multifractal analysis

T. Shibata, T. Maruoka, and T. Echigo

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In order to refine our understanding of how fluid inclusions were trapped in the host minerals, we observed mercury inclusions in quartz samples using X-ray computed tomography technique. We obtained three-dimensional spatial distributions, and analyzed them using fractal and multifractal methods. Given the fractal dimension and its implied mechanism, the mercury-bearing fluids were not primary fluid inclusions, but migrated into the pre-existing cracks of quartz crystals by diffusion processes.
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