Grain misorientations in partially molten olivine aggregates: an electron backscatter diffraction study

Faul, Ulrich; Fitz Gerald, John

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Grain misorientations in partially molten olivine aggregates: an electron backscatter diffraction study

Date

1999

Authors

Faul, Ulrich

Fitz Gerald, John

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

In polycrystalline aggregates of olivine with mean grain sizes above 35 μm plus a low basaltic melt fraction, both wetted and melt-free grain boundaries are observed after equilibration times at high pressures and temperatures of between 15 and 25 days.