Grain growth in partially molten olivine aggregates |
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Authors: | Ulrich H Faul Dean Scott |
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Institution: | (1) Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia |
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Abstract: | Grain growth rates in partially molten olivine aggregates were determined experimentally at a pressure of 1 GPa. The aim of
the experiments with fine-grained starting material (solution–gelation derived Fo90 olivine with a grain size of ∼1 μm with 2 and 4 wt.% added basaltic glass) was to determine growth rates during steady-state
grain growth. A series of experiments was conducted at a fixed temperature of 1,350°C for durations from 2 to 700 h, and a
second series at fixed duration (168 h) at temperatures from 1,250 to 1,450°C. The resulting activation energy (E=390 kJ/mol) and growth exponent (n=4.3) are comparable to melt-free results (Nichols and Mackwell 1991). The observed grain size distributions are broader than those predicted for normal grain growth or Ostwald ripening and
most similar to the Log-normal distribution. The observed melt distribution is influenced by the continuous rearrangement
of neighboring grains during growth. The relatively large growth exponent observed in this study and by Nichols and Mackwell
(1991) where secondary phases are present suggests that grain growth in the upper mantle is slower than predicted by Karato (1989). |
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Keywords: | Grain growth Olivine Partially molten rocks |
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