Anisotropic rheology of a cubic medium and implications for geological materials

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 876-885

  Pouilloux, Lauren ^a   Kaminski, Edouard ^a   Labrosse, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic rheology; Dislocation creep; Geophysical materials; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 34547232137     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03461.x     Document Type: Article

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