ИСТИНА

The present investigation is devoted to the experimental support of the theoretical model (Simakin and Bindenman, 2008), which describes evolution of crystal size distributions of igneous phenocrysts in sequence of dissolution and crystallization events. We performed experiments in Ab-Di system in order to investigate the effects of temperature cycling on crystal coarsening. Ripening, or formation of the larger crystals at the expense of the smallest ones, reduces number of crystals at the increase of periods and number of the oscillation. Our experimental work confirms the theoretical model of Simakin and Bindeman (2008).