Low strength of Earth's uppermost mantle inferred from tri-axial deformation experiments on dry olivine crystals
Low strength of Earth's uppermost mantle inferred from tri-axial deformation experiments on dry olivine crystals
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DOI:
10.1016/j.pepi.2013.04.008
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发表时间:
2013-07-01
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2.3
通讯作者:
Cordier, Patrick
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作者:
Demouchy, Sylvie;Tommasi, Andrea;Cordier, Patrick
We have performed tri-axial compression experiments on single crystals of San Carlos olivine with various orientations at temperatures relevant for the uppermost mantle, between 800 and 1090 degrees C. The experiments were carried out at a confining pressure of 300 MPa in a high-resolution gas-medium mechanical testing apparatus at various constant strain rates (from 7 x 10(-6) s(-1) to 1 x 10(-4) s(-1)); they yield differential stresses ranging from 88 to 754 MPa. Unpolarized infrared spectroscopy analyses indicate that hydrogen concentration in the olivine lattice is very low (