The concepts of progressive and polyphase deformation have been widely applied by
structural geologists to explain complexly deformed rocks, particularly for ductile conditions …

We performed triaxial compressive creep experiments on aggregates of San Carlos olivine
to develop a flow law and to examine microstructural development in the dislocation …

Rocky planet compositions regulate planetary evolution by affecting core sizes, mantle
properties, and melting behaviors. Yet, quantitative treatments of this aspect of exoplanet …

Experimental deformation experiments have been conducted on fine‐grained, two‐phase
aggregates of olivine and orthopyroxene to investigate the role of grain and phase boundary …

To investigate the mechanism that produces the crystallographic preferred orientations
(CPO) characteristic of sheared partially molten rocks of mantle composition, we analyzed …

We performed torsional deformation experiments on pre-hydrated fine-grained olivine
aggregates using an innovative experimental assembly to investigate water weakening in …

Dislocations in minerals have a long history: The first images of dislocations ever seen were
obtained by Seidentopf in 1905 on rocksalt (halite) with an optical microscope. Since then …

The effect of finite strain geometry on crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) is poorly
constrained in the upper mantle. Specifically, the relationship between shape preferred …

We performed high-strain torsion experiments on aggregates of Fo50 olivine to test the
influence of imposed boundary conditions on localizing deformation. We deformed both …

How subduction—the sinking of cold lithospheric plates into the mantle—is initiated is one of
the key mysteries in understanding why Earth has plate tectonics. One of the favored …