Faults developed in the olivine aggregate deformed at 15.5 GPa and 850 ºC (IMAGE)

Ehime University

Faults developed in the olivine aggregate deformed at 15.5 GPa and 850 ºC

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Left: The recovered sample. The red dash lines represent faults. Center: The fault filled with nano-crystalline olivine and wadsleyite. Right: A close-up view of the fault gouge. Iron-rich particles (a product of partial melting of olivine: green) are distributed along the grain boundaries of nano-crystalline olivine.

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Tomohiro Ohuchi,Ehime University

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