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Rheology of omphacite at high temperature and pressure and significance of its lattice preferred orientations
We have investigated the rheology of hot-pressed polycrystalline omphacite (Di 58Jd 42, space group C2/c) at strain rates of 10 − 4 –10 − 5 /s, temperatures of 1300–1500 K and a pressure of 3 GPa, using a 5 GPa Griggs-type deformation apparatus. The rheological constitutive equation of omphacite is...
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Published in: | Earth and planetary science letters 2006-06, Vol.246 (3), p.432-443 |
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Summary: | We have investigated the rheology of hot-pressed polycrystalline omphacite (Di
58Jd
42, space group
C2/c) at strain rates of 10
−
4
–10
−
5
/s, temperatures of 1300–1500
K and a pressure of 3
GPa, using a 5
GPa Griggs-type deformation apparatus. The rheological constitutive equation of omphacite is determined with a stress exponent of 3.5
±
0.2 and an activation energy of 310
±
50
kJ/mol. Our study shows that: (1) the creep strength of omphacite falls between those of diopside and jadeite; (2) experimental omphacite microfabrics are indistinguishable from natural ones: S-type fabric and its mesoscopic foliation develop under conditions of axially symmetric shortening, whereas L-type fabric and its mesoscopic lineation develop under conditions of general strain, with L parallel to the greatest elongation; (3) as in naturally deformed omphacite, the deformation substructure is characterized by the dominant slip systems {110}1/2〈110〉, {110}[001] and (100)[001]. We conclude that both S- and L-type omphacite fabrics are produced by these slip systems; fabric differences arise solely from variation of the geometry and orientation of the finite strain ellipsoid. We also confirm the previous suggestion that Na-bearing pyroxenes are significantly weaker than Na-free pyroxenes. |
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ISSN: | 0012-821X 1385-013X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.006 |