Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction
<p>Dislocations in geological minerals are fundamental to the creep processes that control large-scale geodynamic phenomena. However, techniques to quantify their densities, distributions, and types over critical subgrain to polycrystal length scales are limited. The recent advent of high-angu...
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| author | Wallis, D Hansen, L Britton, T Wilkinson, A |
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| description | <p>Dislocations in geological minerals are fundamental to the creep processes that control large-scale geodynamic phenomena. However, techniques to quantify their densities, distributions, and types over critical subgrain to polycrystal length scales are limited. The recent advent of high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD), based on diffraction pattern cross-correlation, offers a powerful new approach that has been utilised to analyse dislocations in the materials sciences. In particular, HR-EBSD yields significantly better angular resolution (<0.01°) than conventional EBSD (~0.5°), allowing very low dislocation densities to be analysed. We develop the application of HR-EBSD to olivine, the dominant mineral in Earth’s upper mantle by testing (1) different inversion methods for estimating geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) densities, (2) the sensitivity of the method under a range of data acquisition settings, and (3) the ability of the technique to resolve a variety of olivine dislocation structures. The relatively low crystal symmetry (orthorhombic) and few slip systems in olivine result in well constrained GND density estimates. The GND density noise floor is inversely proportional to map step size, such that datasets can be optimised for analysing either short wavelength, high density structures (e.g. subgrain boundaries) or long wavelength, low amplitude orientation gradients. Comparison to conventional images of decorated dislocations demonstrates that HR-EBSD can characterise the dislocation distribution and reveal additional structure not captured by the decoration technique. HR-EBSD therefore provides a highly effective method for analysing dislocations in olivine and determining their role in accommodating macroscopic deformation</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8b574aa0-d404-4bcb-a5db-25968987c5c92022-03-26T22:37:32ZGeometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffractionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8b574aa0-d404-4bcb-a5db-25968987c5c9Symplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2016Wallis, DHansen, LBritton, TWilkinson, A<p>Dislocations in geological minerals are fundamental to the creep processes that control large-scale geodynamic phenomena. However, techniques to quantify their densities, distributions, and types over critical subgrain to polycrystal length scales are limited. The recent advent of high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD), based on diffraction pattern cross-correlation, offers a powerful new approach that has been utilised to analyse dislocations in the materials sciences. In particular, HR-EBSD yields significantly better angular resolution (<0.01°) than conventional EBSD (~0.5°), allowing very low dislocation densities to be analysed. We develop the application of HR-EBSD to olivine, the dominant mineral in Earth’s upper mantle by testing (1) different inversion methods for estimating geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) densities, (2) the sensitivity of the method under a range of data acquisition settings, and (3) the ability of the technique to resolve a variety of olivine dislocation structures. The relatively low crystal symmetry (orthorhombic) and few slip systems in olivine result in well constrained GND density estimates. The GND density noise floor is inversely proportional to map step size, such that datasets can be optimised for analysing either short wavelength, high density structures (e.g. subgrain boundaries) or long wavelength, low amplitude orientation gradients. Comparison to conventional images of decorated dislocations demonstrates that HR-EBSD can characterise the dislocation distribution and reveal additional structure not captured by the decoration technique. HR-EBSD therefore provides a highly effective method for analysing dislocations in olivine and determining their role in accommodating macroscopic deformation</p> |
| spellingShingle | Wallis, D Hansen, L Britton, T Wilkinson, A Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
| title | Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
| title_full | Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
| title_fullStr | Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
| title_short | Geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
| title_sort | geometrically necessary dislocation densities in olivine obtained using high angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction |
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