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Depth Dependent Deformation and Anisotropy of Pyrolite in the Earth's Lower Mantle

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AbstractSeismic anisotropy is a powerful tool to map deformation processes in the deep Earth. Below 660 km, however, observations are scarce and conflicting. In addition, the underlying crystal scale mechanisms, leading to microstructures and crystal orientations, remain poorly constrained. Here, we use multigrain X‐ray diffraction in the laser‐heated diamond anvil cell to investigate the orientations of hundreds of grains in pyrolite, a model composition of the Earth's mantle, at in situ pressure and temperature. Bridgmanite in pyrolite exhibits three regimes of microstructures, due to transformation and deformation at low and high pressure. These microstructures result in predictions of 1.5%–2% shear wave splitting between 660 and 2,000 km with reversals in fast S‐wave polarization direction at about 1,300 km depth. Anisotropy can develop in pyrolite at lower mantle conditions, but pressure has a significant impact on the plastic behavior of bridgmanite, and hence seismic observations, which may explain conflicting anisotropy observations.
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hal-04609044 , version 1 (12-06-2024)

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Jeffrey-Phillip Gay, Estelle Ledoux, Matthias Krug, Julien Chantel, Anna Pakhomova, et al.. Depth Dependent Deformation and Anisotropy of Pyrolite in the Earth's Lower Mantle. Geophysical Research Letters, 2024, Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (11), pp.e2024GL109433. ⟨10.1029/2024gl109433⟩. ⟨hal-04609044⟩
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