Subduction zone models invoke deformation to be concentrated along the plate interface, in
a region of particularly low temperature. Geophysical observations do not provide …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

This paper presents the background for the calculation of various numbers that can be used
to characterize crystal-preferred orientation (CPO), also known as texture in materials …

Abstract In 1967 the Kibish Formation in southern Ethiopia yielded hominid cranial remains
identified as early anatomically modern humans, assigned to Homo sapiens,,,. However, the …

Rheology of rocks controls the deformation of the Earth at various space-time scales, which
is crucial to understand the tectonic evolution of continental lithosphere. Researches of rock …

The mineral olivine dominates the composition of the Earth's upper mantle and hence
controls its mechanical behaviour and seismic anisotropy. Experiments at high temperature …

We investigated the deformation mechanisms and the seismic properties of 10 eclogite
samples from different localities (Alps, Norway, Mali and eastern China) through the analysis …

To constrain the relations between deformation and metasomatism in the subcratonic
lithospheric mantle, we have analyzed the microstructures and crystal preferred orientations …

We have investigated the rheology of hot-pressed polycrystalline omphacite (Di58Jd42,
space group C2/c) at strain rates of 10− 4–10− 5/s, temperatures of 1300–1500K and a …

Eclogite plays an important role in mantle convection and geodynamics in subduction
zones. An improved understanding of processes in the deeper levels of subduction zones …