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Size effects resolve discrepancies in 40 years of work on low-temperature plasticity in olivine.

ABSTRACT: The strength of olivine at low temperatures and high stresses in Earth's lithospheric mantle exerts a critical control on many geodynamic processes, including lithospheric flexure and the formation of plate boundaries. Unfortunately, laboratory-derived values of the strength of olivine at lithospheric conditions are highly variable and significantly disagree with those inferred from geophysical observations. We demonstrate via nanoindentation that the strength of olivine depends on the length scale of deformation, with experiments on smaller volumes of material exhibiting larger yield stresses. This "size effect" resolves discrepancies among previous measurements of olivine strength using other techniques. It also corroborates the most recent flow law for olivine, which proposes a much weaker lithospheric mantle than previously estimated, thus bringing experimental measurements into closer alignment with geophysical constraints. Further implications include an increased difficulty of activating plasticity in cold, fine-grained shear zones and an impact on the evolution of fault surface roughness due to the size-dependent deformation of nanometer- to micrometer-sized asperities.

SUBMITTER: Kumamoto KM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597306 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Size effects resolve discrepancies in 40 years of work on low-temperature plasticity in olivine.

Kumamoto Kathryn M KM Thom Christopher A CA Wallis David D Hansen Lars N LN Armstrong David E J DEJ Warren Jessica M JM Goldsby David L DL Wilkinson Angus J AJ

Science advances 20170913 9

The strength of olivine at low temperatures and high stresses in Earth's lithospheric mantle exerts a critical control on many geodynamic processes, including lithospheric flexure and the formation of plate boundaries. Unfortunately, laboratory-derived values of the strength of olivine at lithospheric conditions are highly variable and significantly disagree with those inferred from geophysical observations. We demonstrate via nanoindentation that the strength of olivine depends on the length sc ...[more]

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Size effects resolve discrepancies in 40 years of work on low-temperature plasticity in olivine.

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