Dislocation creep accommodated by grain boundary sliding in dunite

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• dislocation creep 100%
• dunite 87%
• grain boundary 68%
• sliding 64%
• creep 55%
• grain size 34%
• olivine 26%
• deformation mechanism 16%
• confining pressure 15%
• mid-ocean ridge basalt 15%
• strain rate 14%
• dislocation 13%
• shear zone 13%
• upper mantle 13%
• mantle 10%
• gas 7%
• rock 6%
• comparison 6%
• test 5%
• temperature 5%