Modelling the rheology of MgO under Earth’s mantle pressure, temperature and strain rates

Patrick Cordier (), Jonathan Amodeo and Philippe Carrez ()
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Patrick Cordier: Université Lille 1, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, UMR CNRS 8207, F-59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Jonathan Amodeo: Université Lille 1, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, UMR CNRS 8207, F-59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Philippe Carrez: Université Lille 1, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, UMR CNRS 8207, F-59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

Nature, 2012, vol. 481, issue 7380, 177-180

Abstract: Numerical modelling of the rheology of MgO at the pressure, temperature and strain rates of Earth's mantle shows that extremely low strain rates counteract the influence of pressure, so that MgO is generally a very weak phase in the mantle.

Date: 2012
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