Strain Localization in Pyroxenite by Reaction-Enhanced Softening in the Shallow Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle

Abstract

Abstract We report structural evidence of ductile strain localization in mantle pyroxenite from the spinel to plagioclase websterite transition in the Ronda Peridotite (southern Spain). Mapping shows that, in this domain, small-scale shear zones occurring at the base of the …

Publication
Journal of Petrology