Flow and electrical anisotropy in the upper mantle: Finite-element models constraints on the effects of olivine crystal preferred orientation and microstructure

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 158, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 92-106

  Gatzemeier, Alexander ^a   Tommasi, Andréa ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Finite element modeling; Hydrogen diffusivity; Lattice preferred orientation; Mantle anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CREEP; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLIVINE; SEISMIC WAVES;

FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; HYDROGEN DIFFUSIVITY; MANTLE ANISOTROPY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33748499579     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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