Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

A large number of polycrystalline materials, both manmade and natural, display preferred
orientation of crystallites. Such alignment has a profound effect on anisotropy of physical …

Measurements of the splitting or birefringence of seismic shear waves that have passed
through the Earth's mantle yield constraints on the strength and geometry of elastic …

We present a detailed description of the numerical implementation, within the widely used
viscoplastic self-consistent (VPSC) code, of a rigorous second-order (SO) homogenization …

Rheological properties of the lower mantle have strong influence on the dynamics and
evolution of Earth. By using the improved methods of quantitative deformation experiments …

We have constructed semiempirical equations of state of Al, Au, Cu, Pt, Ta, and W, which
within experimental error bars describe the available shock-wave, ultrasonic, x-ray, and …

Subduction of oceanic lithosphere is the main process by which material from Earth's
surface and atmosphere is recycled back into the deep mantle. Seismic images indicate that …

Synchrotron X-ray diffraction images are increasingly used to characterize crystallographic
preferred orientation distributions (texture) of fine-grained polyphase materials. Diffraction …

Cubic CaSiO3 perovskite is a major phase in subducted oceanic crust, where it forms at a
depth of about 550 kilometres from majoritic garnet,,. However, its rheological properties at …

This review paper focuses on dislocations and plastic deformation in magnesium oxide
crystals. MgO is an archetype ionic ceramic with refractory properties which is of interest in …