Evidence of phase nucleation during olivine diffusion creep: a new perspective for mantle strain localization and Plate tectonics

Jacques Precigout1, Holger Stunitz2 and Nicole Le Breton1, (1)ISTO Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, France, (2)University of Tromsø, Department of Geology, Tromsø, Norway