Olivine flow mechanisms at 8 GPa

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Jul 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003pepi..138..113l&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 138, Issue 2, p. 113-129.

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The mechanisms responsible for high-temperature olivine deformation are investigated at a pressure of 8GPa and temperatures up to 1780K. San Carlos olivine specimens of different average grain sizes (0.5 and 5μm) were deformed simultaneously between hard-alumina pistons during relaxation experiments. These experiments are carried out in a multi-anvil high-pressure apparatus coupled with synchrotron X-ray radiation. The different grain-size specimens experienced identical P-T-stress condition at any given time. A new method for measuring strains and strain rates (>=10-6s-1) of specimens at high pressure is documented. This method uses time-resolved in situ X-ray imaging and an image-analysis computation. The microstructures of run products, recovered after being quenched at different temperatures were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We find that high-temperature olivine flow is grain-size insensitive at 8GPa, which suggests that dislocation creep dominates olivine deformation at high pressure. This result is confirmed by the TEM investigation of our deformed specimens in which we find evidences of the activation of olivine dislocation slip systems. Specimen microstructures are consistent with dynamic recrystallization as an assisting process in olivine deformation during the high-pressure experiments. Extrapolation of our results to the low stress level and large grain size expected in the mantle suggests that dislocation creep assisted by dynamic recrystallization may also dominate natural olivine deformation in the upper mantle.

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