On the role of solute drag in reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine grain growth kinetics

Creators: Furstoss, Jean; Petit, Carole; Tommasi, Andrea; Ganino, Clément; Pino Muñoz, Daniel; Bernacki, Marc

Others:: Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF) ; Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]); Géosciences Montpellier ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA); Chaire DIGIMU

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SUMMARY We investigate the effect of solute drag on the grain growth (GG) kinetics in olivine-rich rocks through full field and mean field modelling. Considering a drag force exerted by impurities on grain boundary migration allows reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine GG kinetics. Solute drag is implemented in a full field level-set framework and in a mean field model that explicitly accounts for a grain size distribution. After calibration of the mean field model on full field results, both models are able to both reproduce laboratory GG kinetics and predict grain sizes consistent with observations in peridotite xenoliths from different geological contexts.

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On the role of solute drag in reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine grain growth kinetics

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