Melt Network Reorientation and Crystallographic Preferred Orientation Development in Sheared Partially Molten Rocks
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Geochem Geophys Geosyst - 2023 - Seltzer - Melt Network Reorientation and Crystallographic Preferred Orientation.pdf
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Seltzer, Cassandra
Peč, Matěj
Zimmerman, Mark E
Kohlstedt, David L
Date Issued
September 20, 2023
Journal
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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American Geophysical Union
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Seltzer, C., Peč, M., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2023). Melt network reorientation and crystallographic preferred orientation development in sheared partially molten rocks. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24, e2023GC010927.
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Abstract
We investigated the co-evolution of melt, shape, and crystallographic preferred orientations (MPOs, SPOs, and CPOs) in experimentally deformed partially molten rocks, from which we calculated the influence of MPO and CPO on seismic anisotropy. Olivine-basalt aggregates containing 2 to 4 wt% melt were deformed in general shear at a temperature of 1,250°C under a confining pressure of 300 MPa at shear stresses of τ ≤ 175 MPa to shear strains of γ ≤ 2.3. Grain-scale melt pockets developed a MPO parallel to the loading direction by γ < 0.4. At higher strains, the grain-scale MPO remained parallel to the loading direction, while incipient sample-scale melt bands formed at ∼20° to the grain-scale MPO. An initial SPO and CPO were induced during sample preparation, with [100] and [001] axes girdled perpendicular to the long axis of the starting material. At the highest explored strain, a strong SPO was established subperpendicular to the loading direction, and the [100] axes of the CPO clustered nearly parallel to the shear plane. Our results demonstrate that grain-scale and sample-scale alignments of melt pockets are distinct. Furthermore, the melt and the solid microstructures evolve on different timescales: in planetary bodies, changes in the stress field will drive a relatively fast reorientation of the melt network and a relatively slow realignment of the crystallographic axes. Rapid changes to seismic anisotropy in a deforming partially molten aggregate are thus caused by MPO rather than CPO.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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10.1029/2023gc010927
