Laboratory measurements of the viscous anisotropy of olivine aggregates

Nature

Volumn 492, Issue 7429, 2012, Pages 415-417

  Hansen, L N ^a,b   Zimmerman, M E ^a   Kohlstedt, D L ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; OLIVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATE; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; GEODYNAMICS; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIVINE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SHEAR STRAIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84871447258     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11671     Document Type: Article

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