Rheology of synthetic omphacite aggregates at high pressure and high temperature

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 921-945

  Moghadam, Rasoul H ^a   Trepmann, Claudia A ^a   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a   Renner, Jörg ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climb; Deformation; Dislocation; Flow law; Glide; Omphacite; Solid solution; Twinning

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CONFINING PRESSURE; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OMPHACITE; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLID SOLUTION; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIAXIAL TEST; TWINNING;

EID: 77952680069     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq006     Document Type: Article

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