Kinetics of the post-garnet transformation: Implications for density and rheology of subducting slabs

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 181-192

  Kubo, Tomoaki ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^b   Kato, Takumi ^a   Kondo, Tadashi ^c   Hosoya, Tomofumi ^b   Sano, Asami ^d   Kikegawa, Takumi ^e  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density; Kinetics; Post garnet transformation; Subducting slabs; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH KINETICS; PEROVSKITE; PLASTICITY; RATE CONSTANTS; RHEOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

ALUMINOUS PHASES; BASALTIC CRUSTS; DENSITY; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES; INFRARED; KINETIC DATUM; LOWER MANTLES; METASTABLE; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; OVERPRESSURE; POST-GARNET TRANSFORMATION; REACTION RIMS; SIZE-REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SYMPLECTIC; TIME-RESOLVED; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

GARNETS;

DENSITY; GARNET; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; RHEOLOGY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 54049124991     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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