GIS APPLICATION IN RESEARCH OF WILDLIFE HABITAT CHANGE——A case study of the Giant Panda in Wolong Nature Reserve

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Dislocation deformation mechanisms in peridotite xenoliths in kimberlites

The dislocation substructures in olivine from coarse-grained peridotite xenoliths in kimberlites from the Lesotho region have been determined. The [100] dislocations may be located in simple (100) tilt boundaries while the density of free or individual [100] dislocations is 10⁶/cm² or less. The [001] dislocations form (010) twist arrays or more complex (100) subboundaries with the [100] dislocations; the density of free [001] dislocations increases to 8 × 10⁸/cm² in those grains in which tangles are observed. The simple (100) subboundaries are considered to result from a high temperature, slow strain-rate deformation (creep-like process) while the more complex subboundaries composed of [100] and [001] dislocations, as well as the high density of [001] dislocations, indicate faster strain rates and/or lower deformation temperatures than the creep deformation. These two broad phases of deformation have been interpreted as an early stage of mantle-type flow followed by deformation during or subsequent to the emplacement of the kimberlite.