Evidence for low viscosity garnet-rich layers in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 54-67

  Barnhoorn, Auke ^a   Drury, Martyn R ^a   van Roermund, Herman L M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diffusion creep; microstructures; peridotite; rheology; strength contrast; ultra high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; COLD PLATES; CONVECTING MANTLE; DIFFUSION CREEP; DISLOCATION CREEP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LIQUIDUS; LOW STRESS; LOW VISCOSITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE ROCKS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY CONTRAST; WATER-WEAKENING;

CREEP; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

GARNETS;

CREEP; FOLDING; GARNET; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; RHEOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 72949099859     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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