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Table 5 Flow law parameters of wet dunites determined from the constant-strain rate experimental data. The bounds column contains the lower and upper bounds used for Gibbs sampling. The errors are for one standard deviation

From: MCMC inversion of the transient and steady-state creep flow law parameters of dunite under dry and wet conditions

Parameter

Symbol

Value

Bounds

Unit

Study

Pre-exponential factor

\(A_\mathrm {K}\)

\(10^{2.2\pm 0.3}\)

\(10^{-2}\) to \(10^{9}\)

\(\hbox {s}^{-1}\upmu\) \(\hbox {m}^{-p_\mathrm {K}}\) \(\hbox {MPa}^{-\mathrm {n}_\mathrm {K}}\)

This study

Hardening coefficient

\(G_\mathrm {K}\)

\(13\pm 0.3\)

0.1 to 100

GPa

This study

Stress exponent

\(n_{\mathrm {K}}\)

\(2.0\pm 0.1\)

0.1 to 10

 

This study

Grain size exponent

\(p_{\mathrm {K}}\)

\(0.7\pm 0.03\)

0.1–5

 

This study

Activation energy

\(E_{\mathrm {K}}\)

\(250\pm 12\)

100-800

kJ/mol

This study

Young’s modulus

\(G_{\mathrm {M}}\)

\(115\pm 1\)

10-200

GPa

This study

Pre-exponential factor

\(A_\mathrm {M}\)

\(10^{4.2\pm 2.4}\)

-

\(\hbox {s}^{-1}\upmu\) \(\hbox {m}^{-p_\mathrm {M}}\) \(\hbox {MPa}^{-\mathrm {n}_\mathrm {M}}\)

This study

Stress exponent

\(n_{\mathrm {M}}\)

\(3.6\pm 0.5\)

-

 

This study

Grain size exponent

\(p_{\mathrm {M}}\)

\(0.6\pm 0.2\)

-

 

This study

Activation energy

\(E_{\mathrm {M}}\)

\(450\pm 60\)

-

kJ/mol

This study