Grainsize-sensitive viscoelastic relaxation in olivine: Towards a robust laboratory-based model for seismological application

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-163

  Jackson, Ian ^a   Faul, Ulrich H ^b   Suetsugu, Daisuke ^b   Bina, Craig ^b   Inoue, Toru ^b   Jellinek, Mark ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain size; Grain boundary sliding; Seismic wave speeds; Seismic wave attenuation; Viscoelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

ANHARMONIC; BURGERS MODEL; FORCED OSCILLATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; MODIFIED MODEL; OSCILLATION PERIODS; PARAMETERISATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POWER-LAW; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEISMIC-WAVE ATTENUATION; SHEAR MODULUS; SHORT PERIODS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OLIVINE; POLYCRYSTALS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIVINE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR MODULUS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 78649446029     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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