Nanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy

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dc.contributor.authorKovaleva, Elizaveta
dc.contributor.authorRoddatis, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorSyczewski, Marcin
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-11T07:08:42Z
dc.date.available2025-12-11T07:08:42Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractCoexistence in natural samples of zircon (ZrSiO4) and reidite (a high-pressure polymorph of ZrSiO4) is attributed to the effects of hypervelocity impact events. The grains and intergrowths in those minerals can be merely a few nanometers in size, which makes phase identification by standard methods of structure analysis difficult. However, analytical scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) utilizing electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) can provide important information on phase transition mechanisms and pressure-temperature conditions associated with the shock event at the nanoscale. Here we demonstrate that the valence as well as oxygen core-loss EELS can be employed for nanoscale mapping of zirconreidite distributions in zircon-reidite aggregates. Moreover, other accompanying phases, e. g., baddeleyite, could also be identified and mapped by this method. We further compare the EELS maps with a 4D-STEM nanobeam precession electron diffraction data, and demonstrate the advantages of the EELS mapping, which provides spatial resolution down to the nanometer scale and is independent of crystal orientation.
dc.identifier.citationRoddatis, V., Kovaleva, E., Syczewski, M.D., Schreiber, A. and Wirth, R., 2025. Nanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4 phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy. American Mineralogist, 110(11), pp.1728-1736.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9455
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/21569
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH
dc.subjectEELS
dc.subjectKara impact structure
dc.subjectphase mapping
dc.subjectreidite
dc.subjectZircon
dc.titleNanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy
dc.typeArticle

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