Inferring upper mantle rheology from numerical modeling of experimental and geodetic observations

• Main Author: Masuti, Sagar
• Other Authors: Fidel Costa Rodriguez
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Science::Geology::Mineralogy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138899
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As a major mantle mineral with volume fraction >60%, olivine is assumed to control the rheology of the upper mantle. While the deformation of olivine and olivine bearing rocks has been extensively researched over the past half century, not all aspects of olivine rheology are well understood. In t...