Pressure effect on forsterite dislocation slip systems: Implications for upper-mantle LPO and low viscosity zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 26-36

  Raterron, Paul ^a   Chen, Jiuhua ^b   Geenen, Thomas ^c   Girard, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation volume; Dislocation creep; Forsterite; High pressure; Low viscosity zone; LPO; Olivine; Slip systems; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CREEP; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GEODYNAMICS; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVATION VOLUME; DISLOCATION CREEP; FORSTERITES; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW VISCOSITY ZONE; SLIP SYSTEM; UPPER MANTLE;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CREEP; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FORSTERITE; GEODYNAMICS; HIGH PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; RHEOLOGY; SLIP; STRAIN RATE; STRESS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 80053300437     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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