Diffusion creep of fine-grained garnetite: Implications for the flow strength of subducting slabs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2333-2336

  Wang, Z ^a   Ji, S ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DIFFUSION; GARNETITE; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; CREEP TESTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CREEP EXPERIMENTS; CREEP STRENGTHS; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE CREEP; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTING SLABS;

CREEP; LITHOLOGY;

FLOW STRENGTH; GARNETITE; SUBDUCTING SLABS;

EID: 0034352489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008474     Document Type: Article

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