Rheology of omphacite at high temperature and pressure and significance of its lattice preferred orientations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 432-443

  Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Green II, Harry W ^a   Bozhilov, Krassimir N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fabric; omphacite; rheology; slip system

Indexed keywords

CREEP STRENGTH; OMPHACITE;

CREEP; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; OMPHACITE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 33744914332     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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