Dynamic recrystallization and strain softening of olivine aggregates in the laboratory and the lithosphere

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 243, Issue , 2005, Pages 143-158

  Drury, Martyn R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; LABORATORY METHOD; LITHOSPHERE; OLIVINE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 20444446264     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.243.01.11     Document Type: Article

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