Semi-brittle flow during dehydration of lizardite-chrysotile serpentinite deformed in torsion: Implications for the rheology of oceanic lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 484-493

  Hirose, Takehiro ^a   Bystricky, Misha ^a,b   Kunze, Karsten ^a   Stünitz, Holger ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

crystallographic preferred orientation; dehydration; semi brittle flow; serpentinite; strain hardening

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEMI-BRITTLE FLOW; SERPENTINE-BEARING ROCKS; SHEAR LOCALIZATION; SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; EMBRITTLEMENT; LITHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN HARDENING; TECTONICS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ASBESTOS; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; HARDENING; LIZARDITE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-T CONDITIONS; RHEOLOGY; SERPENTINITE; SHEAR STRAIN; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 33749079609     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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