Polymorphic transformations between olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite: Mechanisms of intracrystalline nucleation and the role of elastic strain

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 617-638

  Kerschhofer, Ljuba ^a,d   Dupas, Catherine ^a   Liu, Ming ^b   Sharp, Thomas G ^a,e   Durham, William B ^c   Rubie, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Olivine; Phase transformations; Ringwoodite; Subduction zones; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; NUCLEATION; OLIVINE; RINGWOODITE; WADSLEYITE;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GROWTH KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STACKING FAULTS; STRAIN ENERGY;

EQUILIBRIUM BOUNDARIES; HIGH-PRESSURE POLYMORPH; POLYCRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES; POLYMORPHIC TRANSFORMATION; RINGWOODITE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION; WADSLEYITE;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 0032461119     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646198548016     Document Type: Article

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