Microstructural and experimental constraints on the rheology of partially molten gabbro beneath oceanic spreading centers

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 1101-1107

  Yoshinobu, Aaron S ^a   Hirth, Greg ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow laws; Hypersolidus deformation; Microstructures; Mid ocean ridges; Ophiolites; Partially molten gabbro; Rheology

Indexed keywords

GABBROIC COMPOSITION;

DIFFUSION; EXTRAPOLATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; VISCOSITY;

RHEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GABBRO; MICROSTRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0036240194     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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