Texture of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite and ferro-periclase aggregate: Implications for rheology of the lower mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 138-144

  Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Matsuzaki, Takuya ^a   Katsura, Tomoo ^a   Yoneda, Akira ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dihedral angle; Grain size; Lower mantle; Rheology

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION CREEPS; DIHEDRAL ANGLE; EARTH'S INTERIORS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENTS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INTERCONNECTED NETWORKS; IRON CONTENTS; LOWER MANTLE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PERICLASE; TRIPLE GRAIN JUNCTIONS; TWO PHASE AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATES; ELASTICITY; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PLASTICITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; RHEOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; VISCOSITY;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; PERICLASE; PEROVSKITE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 67349183945     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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