Dislocation Microstructures in Experimentally Deformed wet Olivine
Abstract
Seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle is generally considered to be the result of lattice preferred orientations (LPOs) of olivine as a result of mantle flow. Therefore seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle can be used to probe fabrics and therefore flow directions. Jung and Karato (2001) have demonstrated that fabrics developed in experimentally deformed olivine are dependent on H2O fugacity and stress. Fabric type C, which develops at moderate experimental stresses and high H2O fugacities, has [001] subparallel to the slip direction and (100) subparallel to the shear plane. Fabric type B, which develops at high stresses and high H2O fugacities has [001] subparallel to the slip direction and (010) subparallel to the shear plane. To investigate the role of H2O in olivine fabric transitions, we are using high-resolution and conventional transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM and TEM) to characterize the dislocation microstructures and core structures in experimentally deformed samples of Fabric types B and C. Initial results for Fabric type C (sample JK11 of Jung and Karato, 2001) show a dominance of mixed-character and screw dislocations with Burgers vectors b = [001]. This Burgers vector, combined with the (100) being subparallel to the shear plane, is consistent with the (100)[001] slip system being dominant in the C-type fabric. This slip system, which is of minor importance in dry olivine, may be favored in wet samples by changes in the dislocation core structure. We are currently using HRTEM imaging to characterize the dislocation core structures in deformed samples with type C and type B fabrics.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002AGUFM.T21C1117S
- Keywords:
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- 3902 Creep and deformation;
- 3904 Defects;
- 3924 High-pressure behavior;
- 3954 X ray;
- neutron;
- and electron spectroscopy and diffraction;
- 8162 Rheology: mantle