Publications

Below is a list of key publications from the Rock and Mineral Physics Lab

• Katz, R. F., Rudge, J. F., Hansen, L. N. (2024). Granular dilatancy and non-local fluidity of partially molten rock. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 978, A7. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.1003

• Breithaupt, T**, Katz, R. F., Hansen, L. N., Kumamoto, K. M. (2023) Dislocation theory of steady and transient creep of crystalline solids: Predictions for olivine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120.8 (2023): e2203448120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.220344812

• Goddard, R. M., Hansen, L. N., Wallis, D., Stipp, M., Holyoke III, C. W., Kumamoto, K. M., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2020). A subgrain‐size piezometer calibrated for EBSD. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(23), e2020GL090056. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090056

• Hansen, L. N., Kumamoto, K. M., Thom, C. A., Wallis, D., Durham, W. B., Goldsby, D. L., ... & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2019). Low‐temperature plasticity in olivine: Grain size, strain hardening, and the strength of the lithosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(6), 5427-5449. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016736

• Wallis, D., Hansen, L. N., Britton, T. B., & Wilkinson, A. J. (2017). Dislocation interactions in olivine revealed by HR‐EBSD. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(10), 7659-7678. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014513

• Tielke, J. A., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2017). Hydrolytic weakening in olivine single crystals. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(5), 3465-3479. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014004

• Tasaka, M., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2017). Rheological weakening of olivine+ orthopyroxene aggregates due to phase mixing: Parts 1 and 2.

• Qi, C., Kohlstedt, D. L., Katz, R. F., & Takei, Y. (2015). Experimental test of the viscous anisotropy hypothesis for partially molten rocks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(41), 12616-12620. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1513790112

• Pec, M., Holtzman, B. K., Zimmerman, M., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2015). Reaction infiltration instabilities in experiments on partially molten mantle rocks. Geology, 43(7), 575-578. https://doi.org/10.1130/G36611.1

• Hansen, L. N., Zhao, Y. H., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2014). Protracted fabric evolution in olivine: Implications for the relationship among strain, crystallographic fabric, and seismic anisotropy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 387, 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.009

• Hansen, L. N., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2012). Laboratory measurements of the viscous anisotropy of olivine aggregates. Nature, 492(7429), 415-418. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11671

• Hansen, L. N., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2011). Grain boundary sliding in San Carlos olivine: Flow law parameters and crystallographic‐preferred orientation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 116(B8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008220

• Mei, S., Suzuki, A. M., Kohlstedt, D. L., Dixon, N. A., & Durham, W. B. (2010). Experimental constraints on the strength of the lithospheric mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 115(B8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JB006873

• Kohlstedt, D. L., & Holtzman, B. K. (2009). Shearing melt out of the Earth: An experimentalist's perspective on the influence of deformation on melt extraction. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 37, 561-593. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.earth.031208.100104

• Kohlstedt, D. L. (2006). The role of water in high-temperature rock deformation. Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry, 62(1), 377-396. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2006.62.16

• Hiraga, T., Anderson, I. M., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2004). Grain boundaries as reservoirs of incompatible elements in the Earth's mantle. Nature, 427(6976), 699-703. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02259

• Holtzman, B. K., Kohlstedt, D. L., Zimmerman, M. E., Heidelbach, F., Hiraga, T., & Hustoft, J. (2003). Melt segregation and strain partitioning: Implications for seismic anisotropy and mantle flow. Science, 301(5637), 1227-1230. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1087132

• Hirth, G., & Kohlstedf, D. (2003). Rheology of the upper mantle and the mantle wedge: A view from the experimentalists. Geophysical Monograph-American Geophysical Union, 138, 83-106.

• Goldsby, D. L., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2001). Superplastic deformation of ice: Experimental observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 106(B6), 11017-11030. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JB900336

• Mackwell, S. J., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (1998). High‐temperature deformation of dry diabase with application to tectonics on Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 103(B1), 975-984. https://doi.org/10.1029/97JB02671