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Raterron, P.; Chen, J.; Li, L.; Weidner, D.; Cordier, P.
Brookhaven National Laboratory National Synchrotron Light Source (United States). Funding organisation: Doe - Office Of Science (United States)2007
Brookhaven National Laboratory National Synchrotron Light Source (United States). Funding organisation: Doe - Office Of Science (United States)2007
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[en] Deformation experiments were carried out in a Deformation-DIA high-pressure apparatus (D-DIA) on oriented Mg2SiO4 olivine (Fo100) single crystals, at pressure (P) ranging from 2.1 to 7.5 GPa, in the temperature (T) range 1373-1677 K, and in dry conditions. These experiments were designed to investigate the effect of pressure on olivine dislocation slip-system activities, responsible for the lattice-preferred orientations observed in the upper mantle. Two compression directions were tested, promoting either [100] slip alone or [001] slip alone in (010) crystallographic plane. Constant applied stress (σ) and specimen strain rates (Formula) were monitored in situ using time-resolved X-ray synchrotron diffraction and radiography, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigation of the run products reveals that dislocation creep assisted by dislocation climb and cross slip was responsible for sample deformation. A slip transition with increasing pressure, from a dominant [100]-slip to a dominant [001]-slip, is documented. Extrapolation of the obtained rheological laws to upper-mantle P, T, and σ conditions, suggests that [001]-slip activity becomes comparable to [100]-slip activity in the deep upper mantle, while [001] slip is mostly dominant in subduction zones. These results provide alternative explanations for the seismic anisotropy attenuation observed in the upper mantle, and for the 'puzzling' seismic-anisotropy anomalies commonly observed in subduction zones.
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BNL--82600-2009-JA; AC02-98CH10886
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ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS, COHERENT SCATTERING, CRYSTAL DEFECTS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, CRYSTALS, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, LINE DEFECTS, MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS, MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, MICROSCOPY, MINERALS, NUMERICAL SOLUTION, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, PRESSURE RANGE, SCATTERING, SILICATE MINERALS, SILICATES, SILICON COMPOUNDS, TEMPERATURE RANGE
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