# On the role of solute drag in reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine grain growth kinetics

Source: [On the role of solute drag in reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine grain growth kinetics](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3da21e209131ce8e1d8c>)

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Authors: Jean Furstoss, Carole Petit, Andrea Tommasi, Cl\\'ement Ganino, Daniel Pino Mu\\~noz, Marc Bernacki

Published: 2020-07-09T07:30:51.000Z

## Abstract

We investigate the effect of solute drag on grain growth (GG) kinetics in olivine-rich rocks through full field and mean field modelling. Considering a drag force exerted by impurities on grain boundary migration allows reconciling laboratory and natural constraints on olivine GG kinetics. Solute drag is implemented in a full field level-set framework and on a mean field model, which explicitly accounts for a grain size distribution. After calibration of the mean field model on full field results, both models are able to both reproduce laboratory GG kinetics and to predict grain sizes consistent with observations in peridotite xenoliths from different geological contexts.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.04606>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.04606.pdf>)