The role of pyroxenites in formation of shear instabilities in the mantle: Evidence from an ultramafic ultramylonite, Twin Sisters massif, Washington

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 55-80

  Toy, Virginia G ^a   Newman, Julie ^b   Lamb, William ^b   Tikoff, Basil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain size reduction; Grain size sensitive creep; Pyroxene (010) glide; Rheological heterogeneity; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; MANTLE PROCESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; OLIVINE; PYROXENITE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE;

TWIN SISTERS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77749341533     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp059     Document Type: Article

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