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| Titel |
The influence of water on the Peierls stress of olivine at high pressures |
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S. Mei, A. M. Suzuki, L. Xu, D. L. Kohlstedt, N. A. Dixon, W. B. Durham |
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EGU General Assembly 2012
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 14 (2012) |
| Datensatznummer |
250061190
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| Zusammenfassung |
| To investigate the influence of water on the low-temperature plasticity of olivine under lithospheric conditions, we carried out a series of creep experiments on polycrystalline olivine at high pressures (~6 GPa), relatively low temperatures (873 ≤ T ≤ 1173 K), and hydrous conditions using a deformation-DIA. Samples were fabricated from fine powdered San Carlos olivine under hydrous conditions. In the experiments, a sample column composed of a sample and alumina pistons was assembled with a talc sleeve and graphite resistance heater into a 6.2-mm edge length cubic pressure medium. Experiments were carried out at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In a run, differential stress and sample displacement were monitored in-situ using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and radiography, respectively. The low-temperature plasticity of olivine under hydrous conditions is constrained by our data with a Peierls stress of 4.2 ± 0.3 GPa. This value is much lower than those reported the Peierls stress for olivine under anhydrous conditions (~ 6 – 15 GPa, Evans and Goetze, 1979; Raterron et al., 2004; Mei at al., 2010), indicating a significant influence of water on the low-temperature plasticity of olivine. The low-temperature flow behavior of olivine under hydrous conditions quantified in this study provides a necessary constraint for modeling the dynamic activities occurring within lithospheric mantle especially for those regions with the presence of water such as beneath a mid-ocean ridge and along a subducting slab. |
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