Effects of stress-driven melt segregation on the viscosity of rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 359-360, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-193

  Holtzman, Benjamin K ^a   King, Daniel S H ^b   Kohlstedt, David L ^c  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle rheology; Melt migration; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MODEL; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MELT DISTRIBUTION; LENGTH SCALE; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; MANTLE ROCKS; MELT MIGRATION; MELT SEGREGATION; MODEL FIT; RATE ENHANCEMENT; RHEOLOGICAL DATA; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SECOND PHASE; STRESS-STRAIN; TRANSIENT STAGE;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEODYNAMICS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

CHROMITE; DEFORMATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELT; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD; TORSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84868554897     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.09.030     Document Type: Article

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