Faul, UlrichJackson, Ian2015-12-100148-0227http://hdl.handle.net/1885/39240Deformation experiments were conducted on fine-grained (3-6 μm), fully synthetic Fo90 olivine aggregates in a gas-medium apparatus at 300 MPa confining pressure and temperatures of 1150-1360°C. The strain rates of the solution-gelation-derived and thereKeywords: activation energy; chemical composition; confining pressure; creep; deformation; grain boundary; grain size; olivine; strain rate200710.1029/2006JB0045862015-12-09