Reversibility of Lpo in Olivine during Deformation at High Pressure

Abstract:

Olivine texture has been reported as an important contributor to the seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle. Experimental studies of deformation of olivine have also shown flow-driven lattice preferred orientation. In this study, we focus on in situ control and monitoring of LPO formation of olivine using synchrotron X-ray radiation coupled with DDIA multi-anvil deformation device. Using an energy-dispersive X-ray coupled a 10-element SSD detector; we apply a sinusoidal stress on the sample, which allows identification of growth of LPO in the specimen with relative robust signal even with small strain fields. Our data show palpable correlations among stress, strain and LPO as well as the variations among sub-grains marked by individual (hkl). This study is to demonstrate the versatile functions of X-ray for characterizing the deformation study of minerals.