Low-temperature plasticity of olivine during high stress deformation of peridotite at lithospheric conditions - An experimental study

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 199-211

  Druiventak, Anthony ^a   Trepmann, Claudia A ^a,b   Renner, Jörg ^a   Hanke, Karin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deformation experiments; Earthquakes; Low temperature plasticity; Microstructure; Olivine; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURES; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CONFINING PRESSURES; DEFORMATION FEATURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEFORMATION MICROSTRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH DISLOCATION DENSITY; HIGH STRESS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LITHOSPHERIC; LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASTICITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO FABRIC; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; PILE-UPS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SHEAR ZONE;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PILES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; QUARTZ; RHEOLOGY; ROCK PRESSURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE;

OLIVINE;

CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITHOSPHERE; LOW TEMPERATURE; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PLASTICITY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH; STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80054122271     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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