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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2369-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2369-2021
Research article
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20 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 20 Oct 2021

A new finite element approach to model microscale strain localization within olivine aggregates

Jean Furstoss, Carole Petit, Clément Ganino, Marc Bernacki, and Daniel Pino-Muñoz

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In the first part of this article, we present a new methodology that we have developed to model the deformation and the microstructural evolutions of olivine rocks, which make up the main part of the Earth upper mantle. In a second part, using this methodology we show that microstructural features such as small grain sizes and preferential grain orientations can localize strain at the same intensity and can act together to produce an even stronger strain localization.