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A 2.5-D Flexing-Drip Model of Lithospheric Instabilities and Proto-Subduction, With (of Course) Two-Phase Grain-Damage
AGU 2024
study of earth's deep interior | 13 december 2024
David Bercovici, Jennifer Girard
The emergence of plate tectonics on the early Earth likely first requires subduction to initiate motion and to tap into the mantle's convective gravit...
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Upscaling from Mineral Microstructures to Tectonic Macrostructures
FROM A SINGLE CRYSTAL ON UP: IN HONOR OF DAVID KOHLSTEDT'S CAREER II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 13 december 2023
David Bercovici, Jennifer Girard, Elvira Mulyukova
Earth's plate tectonic behavior arises from lithospheric ductile weakening and shear-localization. The ubiquity of mylonites at lithospheric shear zon...
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Melt migration in rubble-pile planetesimals: Implications for the formation of primitive achondrites
ACCRETION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF ROCKY PLANETS FROM INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 14 december 2022
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici
Primitive achondrites represent residual mantle of planetesimals from which up to ~20% partial melts were extracted. Melting experiments on chondritic...
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A Coupled Model for Phase Mixing, Grain Damage and Shear Localization in the Lithosphere: Comparison to Lab Experiments
THE MICROPHYSICS OF MANTLE FLOW AND PLATE BOUNDARY FORMATION II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 12 december 2022
David Bercovici, Elvira Mulyukova, Jennifer Girard...
The emergence of plate tectonics on Earth depends on lithospheric ductile weakening and shear-localization. The pervasiveness of mylonites at lithosph...
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Cold Compaction and Macro‐Porosity Removal in Rubble‐Pile Asteroids: 1. Theory
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
19 october 2022
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici, Linda T. Elkins-...
Many asteroids are likely to be have been shattered by collisions into fragments and reaccumulated as gravitationally‐bound rubble piles. The...
Cold Compaction and Macro‐Porosity Removal in Rubble‐Pile Asteroids: 2. Applications
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
19 october 2022
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici, Linda T. Elkins-...
Models of asteroid collisional evolution suggest that many asteroids are gravitationally‐bound rubble piles. Although rubble piles may be exp...
A new microphysical model of composite solid-state creep in mantles and lithospheres
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT II ORAL
mineral and rock physics | 16 december 2021
Elvira Mulyukova, David Bercovici
The evolution and dynamics of rocky planets differ from one planet to another, including their modes of mantle convection and its tectonic manifestati...
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The physics of cold compaction as a constraint for interpreting the density of asteroid (16) Psyche
ASTEROIDS, METEORITES, AND MOONS: INNER SOLAR SYSTEM PROCESSES II POSTER
planetary sciences | 15 december 2021
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici, Linda T. Elkins-...
Several years ago, asteroid (16) Psyche was generally thought to be almost entirely metal. This view has been challenged by recent observations. While...
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