Image2: Viscosity of the inner core from intracrystalline plasticity (IMAGE)

Ehime University

Image2: Viscosity of the inner core from intracrystalline plasticity

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Dislocation creep is a deformation mechanism transporting shear through the crystal lattice by the motion of line defects, called dislocations. This mechanism involves the elementary processes of dislocation glide along specific crystallographic planes and dislocation climb mediated by atomic diffusion.

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