Microstructures and lattice fabrics in the Hilti mantle section (Oman Ophiolite): Evidence for shear localization and melt weakening in the crust-mantle transition zone?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Dijkstra, Arjan H ^a,b   Drury, Martyn R ^b   Frijhoff, René ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deformation mechanics; Lattice fabrics; Microstructures; Oman ophiolite; Peridotite; Shear localization

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; OPHIOLITE;

HILTI MASSIF; OMAN;

EID: 0037542463     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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