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| DOI | 10.1038/s41561-022-00964-9 |
| Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting | |
| Ruh J.B.; Tokle L.; Behr W.M. | |
| 发表日期 | 2022 |
| ISSN | 1752-0894 |
| 起始页码 | 585 |
| 结束页码 | 590 |
| 卷号 | 15期号:7 |
| 英文摘要 | Variation in the effective strength of the lithosphere allows for active plate tectonics and is permitted by different deformation mechanisms operating in the crust and upper mantle. The dominant mechanisms are debated, but geodynamic models often employ grain-size-independent mechanisms or evaluate a single grain size. However, observations from nature and rock deformation experiments suggest a transition to grain-size-dependent mechanisms due to a reduction in grain size can cause lithospheric weakening. Here, we employ a two-dimensional thermo-mechanical numerical model of the upper mantle to investigate the nature of deformation and grain-size evolution in a continental rift setting, on the basis of a recent growth law for polycrystalline olivine. We find that the average olivine grain size is greater in the asthenospheric mantle (centimetre-scale grains) than at the crust–mantle boundary (millimetre-scale grains). This grain-size distribution could result in dislocation creep being the dominant deformation mechanism in the upper mantle. However, we suggest that along lithospheric-scale shear zones, a reduction in grain sizes due to localized deformation causes a transition to diffusion creep as the dominant deformation mechanism, causing weakening of the lithosphere and facilitating the initiation of continental rifting. © 2022, The Author(s). |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| scopus关键词 | dislocation creep; grain size; lithosphere; numerical model; plate tectonics; rifting; upper mantle |
| 来源期刊 | Nature Geoscience
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/262177 |
| 作者单位 | Structural Geology and Tectonics Group, Geological Institute, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ruh J.B.； Tokle L.； Behr W.M.. Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting[J],2022,15(7). |
| APA | Ruh J.B.； Tokle L.； Behr W.M..(2022).Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting.Nature Geoscience,15(7). |
| MLA | Ruh J.B.； Tokle L.； Behr W.M.."Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting".Nature Geoscience 15.7(2022). |
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