Interested in understanding how properties of rocks at the lattice-scale influence properties at much larger length scales? Check out the new iSTRUM blog post from Diede Hein on how dislocations in mineral grains influence the dissipation of energy of a seismic wave: https://istrum.github.io/blog/dislocations-transient-creep/

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Update from the laboratory: Investigating the role of dislocations during transient creep in Earth’s upper mantle

Updates from Diede Hein and Lars Hansen on experimental constraints on the role of dislocations in transient creep.