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Member Since 1978
Shun Karato
Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences/Mech Engineering, Yale University
Professional Experience
Yale University
2017 - Present
Yale University
Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences/Mech Engineering
2012 - Present
University of Tokyo
PhD
1977 - Present
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Education
University of Tokyo
Doctorate
Current Roles
Member
Mineral and Rock Physics Canvassing Committee
Honors & Awards
Publications
Hydrogen Partitioning Between Olivine and Orthopyroxene: Implications for the Lithosphere‐Asthenosph...
Hydrogen solubility was determined in olivine and orthopyroxene under water‐saturated conditions at P = 3–5 GPa and T...
January 28, 2023
Stress and Strain Rate Evolution During the Finite Strain De...
December 30, 2021
A Theory of Inter‐Granular Transient Dislocation Creep: Impl...
October 26, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Pressure Effect on Dislocation Creep Rheology of Lower Mantle Minerals: Importance of In-situ High-Pressure Deformation Experiments Using Synchrotron X-ray Facilities
FROM GRAIN TO EARTH: UNDERSTANDING PLATE TECTONICS THROUGH ROCK MICROPHYSICS AND RECRYSTALLIZATION TO MANTLE-SCALE ANALYSES II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 13 december 2023
Jennifer Girard, Shun-ichiro Karato
The lower mantle is mostly composed of bridgmanite (~70%) and magnesiowüstite(~20%). Assuming diffusion creep, Yamazaki and Karato[1] suggested a larg...
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Weakening of olivine by hydrogen implantation: Results of nano-indentation tests and implications for dust sticking in the protoplanetary disk
PLANETARY FORMATION AND DIFFERENTIATION IN THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM: FROM MOLECULAR CLOUD TO ROCKY PLANETS I POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 13 december 2023
Qinting Jiang, Shun-ichiro Karato, Amit Datye, Var...
Sticking of micro-meter size dusts is an important step in planetary formation. For icy dusts, Wang et al. (2005) showed that when icy is amorphous (i...
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Shear Localization in the Lower Mantle: Role of Diffusion Creep in Bridgmanite-Ferropericlase Polycrystalline Mixture
EXPLORING EARTH’S MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES THROUGH IMAGING, MODELING, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND EXPERIMENTS III ELIGHTNING
study of earth's deep interior | 11 december 2023
Heechen E. Cho, Shun-ichiro Karato
Localized deformation would be a possible mechanism for the preservation of geochemical heterogeneity in the lower mantle. Several experimental studie...
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Volunteer History
2024 - 2026
Member
Mineral and Rock Physics Canvassing Committee
2017 - 2017
Member
Bowie Medal Committee
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