Upper mantle plasticity from laboratory experiments

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Jul 1982

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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 51-57.

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On the basis of two assumptions i.e. (1) plastic and anelastic behaviour of the upper mantle can be approximated by the behaviour of the dominant mineral olivine, and (2) the behaviour of natural olivine and synthetic forsterite are similar, we have investigated the flow laws and the flow microstructures of forsterite single crystals. The results obtained between 1400-1650°C and 10-100 MPa suggest a model of climb controlled creep in which the a edge dislocations are dominant. The activation energy measured in that regime is 4.7 eV, close to that of Si self-diffusion and the flow law is ɛ˙=106σ2.6exp(-4.7eV/kT), where σ is in MPa. Extrapolation of these results to the upper mantle would imply very low stresses (i.e. <=10 MPa) in the asthenosphere. However the effect of pressure and grain size are unknown and extrapolation to very low stresses is not straightforward.

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