Modelling the rheology of MgO under Earth's mantle pressure, temperature and strain rates

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7380, 2012, Pages 177-181

  Cordier, Patrick ^a   Amodeo, Jonathan ^a   Carrez, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

CRYSTALLINITY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDE; PRESSURE EFFECT; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW KINETICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84855809519     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10687     Document Type: Article

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