Grain growth kinetics of ringwoodite and its implication for rheology of the subducting slab

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 871-881

  Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Inoue, Toru ^a   Okamoto, Mana ^a   Irifune, Tetsuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain growth; Grain size; Mantle transition zone; Rheology; Ringwoodite

Indexed keywords

GRAIN GROWTH KINETICS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; RINGWOODITE;

CREEP; DEFORMATION; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KINETIC THEORY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; RINGWOODITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 24344439380     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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