Selected Publications (In Refereed Journals and Reports)

Selected publications (in refereed journals and reports):

1.  Experimental studies of rock creep under elevated temperatures, S. Mei, Progress in Geophysics, 132-137, 1989.

2.  A constitutive model for the change ofrock stiffness in the transition from brittle to ductile, S. Mei, Progress in Geophysics, 138-141, 1989.

3.  Rheology of partial molten olivine aggregates under water-saturated conditions, W. Bai,

S. Mei, and D. Kohlstedt, Continental Dynamics, Vol. 2(1), 54-62, 1997.

4.  Grain growth in CaTiO3-perovskite + FeO-wüstite aggregates, Z.-C. Wang, S. Mei, S.

Karato, and R. Wirth, Phys. Chem. Minerals, Vol. 26, 11-19, 1999.

5.  Rheology of Partially Molten Rocks, D.L. Kohlstedt, Q. Bai, Z.-C. Wang, and S. Mei, in Physics and Chemistry of Partially Molten Rocks (ed. N.Bagdassarov, D. Laporte, and A. B. Thompson), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 3-28, 2000.

6.  Influence of water on the plastic deformation of olivine aggregates: 1. diffusion creep regime, S. Mei and D. Kohlstedt, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 105, 21,457-21, 469, 2000.

7.  Influence of water on the plastic deformation of olivine aggregates: 2. dislocation creep

regime, S. Mei and D. Kohlstedt, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 105, 21,471 – 21, 481, 2000.

8.  Influence of melt on the creep behavior of olivine-basalt aggregates under hydrous conditions, S. Mei, W. Bai, and D. Kohlstedt, Earth and Plant. Sci. Lett., Vol. 201, 491-507, 2002.

9.  Structure and chemistry of grain boundaries in deformed, olivine basalt and partially molten lherzolites aggregates: evidence of melt-free grain boundaries, T. Hiraga, I. M. Anderson, M. Zimmerman,S. Mei, and D. Kohlstedt, Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 144, 163-175, 2002.

10.  Fundamental properties of gas hydrate, S. Mei, Report submitted to Office of Fossil Energy, U. S. Department of Energy, February 2003.

11.  Water weakening of clinopyroxenite in diffusion creep, S. Hier-Majumdar, S. Mei, and

D. Kohlstedt, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B07406, doi:10.1029/2004JB003414, 2004.

12.  Deformation of olivine at mantle pressure using the D-DIA, Li, L., D. Weidner, P.

Ratteron, J. Chen, M. Vaughan, S. Mei, and W. Durham, Eur. J. Mineral., 18, 7–19,

2006.

13.  Experimental investigation of the creep behavior of MgO at high pressures, S. Mei, D. L.

Kohlstedt, W.B. Durham, and L. Wang, Phy.Earth Plan.Int., doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.030, 2008.

14.  New measurements of activation volume in olivine under anhydrous conditions, W. B.

Durham, S. Mei, D. L. Kohlstedt, L. Wang, N. A. Dixon, Phy. Earth Plan.Int., doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.045, 2008.

15.  Experimental constraints on the strength of the lithospheric mantle, S. Mei, A. M. Suzuki, D. L. Kohlstedt, N. Dixon, and W. B. Durham, J.Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/2009JB006873, 2010.

16.  Experimental investigation of the creep behavior of garnet at high temperatures and pressures,S. Mei, A. Suzuki, D. L. Kohlstedt, and Lili Xu, J. Earth Sciences, 21, 532 –

540, doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0127-8, 2010.

17.  Deformation mechanisms of olivine under upper mantle conditions from in-situ, high-

pressure deformation using monochromatic synchrotron radiation, N. Hilairet, Y. Wang,

T. Sanehira, S. Merkel, C. Tomé, and S. Mei, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JB008498, 2011.

18.  Effect of water on rheological properties of garnet at high temperatures and pressures, L. Xu, S. Mei, N. Dixon, Z. Jin, A. Suzuki, and D. L. Kohlstedt, EPSL (379), 158-165, 2013.

19.  The influence of water on the low-T plasticity of olivine at high pressures, S. Mei, A. Suzuki, L. Xu, D. L. Kohlstedt, N. A. Dixon, and W. B. Durham, Geophys. Res. Lett., (submitted for publication).

20.  Measurement of activation volume for creep of anhydrous olivine at upper mantle pressures, Dixon, N. A., W. B. Durham, A. Suzuki, S. Mei, L. Xu, and D. L. Kohlstedt Journalof Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, (submitted for publication).

21.  Deformation induced slip-system transition in olivine at high pressures, A. M. Suzuki, S.

Mei, D. L. Kohlstedt, W. B. Durham, and N. Dixon, (in progress).

22.  Rheolgy contrast between olivine and garnet at mantle conditions, S. Mei, A. Suzuki,

and D. L. Kohlstedt, (in progress).

Publications (abstracts):

1.  Solubility and stability of hydrogen in diopside single crystals, Q. Bai, Z. Wang, S. Mei,

and D. Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 75, No. 44, 552, 1994.

2.  Grain growth in CaTiO3 + FeO aggregates, S. Mei, Z. Wang, S. Karato, D. Kohlstedt,

and R. Wirth, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 77, No. 46, 728, 1996.

3.  Influence of water on the plastic deformation of olivine aggregates, S. Mei and D. Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 78, No. 47, 384, 1997.

4.  Influence of water on the plastic deformation of partially molten olivine aggregates, S.

Mei, W. Bai, and D. Kohlstedt, Proceeding of international conference on deformation

mechanisms, Basel, Switzland, 44, 1997.

5.  Rheology of partially molten olivine-basalt aggregates deformed under hydrous condition, S. Mei and D. Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 17, S319, 1999.

6.  Influence of water on creep behavior of diopside aggregates, S. Mei, S. Majumder, and

D. Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 82, No. 47, 1139, 2001.

7.  Effect of water on Fe-Mg interdiffusion in olivine, Z. Wang, T. Hiraga, S. Mei, and D.

Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 82, No. 47, 1139, 2001.

8.  Structure and chemistry of grain boundaries in deformed olivine + basalt and partially

molten lherzolite aggregates: evidence of melt-free grain boundaries, T. Hiraga, I. M. Anderson, S. Mei, M. Zimmerman, and D. Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 82, No. 47, 1389, 2001.

9.  Development of Deformation-DIA, S. Mei, B. Durham, Y. Wang, and D. J. Weidner, Gorden Conference on Rock Mechanics, Barga, Italy, 2002.

10.  Preliminary deformation results to 12 GPa pressure using the Deformation-DIA, S. Mei,

L. Li, W. B. Durham, Y. Wang, T. Uchita, I. C. Getting, M. T. Vaughan, D. J. Weidner,

P. Burnley, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, 2002.

11.  A search for olivine activation volume, L. Li, D. J. Weidner, S. Mei, P. Raterron, J. Chen,

and W. Durham, EGS-AGU-EUG joint assembly. Nice, France, 2003.

12.  Do Reuss and Voigt really bound: a story based on synchrotron studies, D. J. Weidner, L.

Li, J. Chen, M. Vaughan, S. Mei, and W. Durham, EGS-AGU-EUG joint assembly. Nice,

France, 2003.

13.  Deformation of differential stress in the D-DIA using cubic BN anvils and 2-D monochromatic diffraction, T. Uchita, Y. Wang, M. Rivers, W. Durham, and S. Mei, EGS-AGU-EUG joint assembly. Nice, France, 2003.

14.  Deformation of olivine at high pressures using the Deformation-DIA, S. Mei, W. B. Durham, and Y. Wang, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, 2003.

15.  Experimental investigation of the creep behavior of olivine at high pressures up to 12 GPa, S. Mei, W. Durham and D. Kohlstedt, Bulletin of the American Geophysical Union, 2005.

16.  Electrical Conductivity and Tomographic Imaging of Olivine-FeS Partial-Melts, J. Roberts, S. Mei, R. Ryerson, and J. Kinney, Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., 2005.

17.  Experimental investigation of the Peierls stress of olivine at high pressures using the

deformation-DIA, S. Mei, D.L. Kohlstedt, W.B. Durham, L. Wang, Eos Trans. AGU,

87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., 2006.

18.  Measurement of Activation Volume of Dry Olivine at High Pressure, W.B. Durham, D.L.

Kohlstedt, S. Mei, N. Dixon, L. Wang, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., 2007.

19.  Deformation induced slip-system transition in olivine at high pressures, S. Mei, A. M.

Suzuki, D. L. Kohlstedt, W. B. Durham, and N. Dixon, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2008.

20.  Experimental investigation on the kinetic demixing in chromite spinel, A. Suzuki, A.

Dillman, S. Mei and D.L. Kohlstedt, Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), V43C-2266, Fall Meet.

Suppl., 2009.

21.  HP-HT deformation of olivine: new in-situ insights into P-T dependent creep mechanisms from monochromatic X-Ray Diffraction, N. Hilairet, Y. Wang, T. Sanehira, and S. Mei, Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), MR41A-1842, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2009.

22.  Measurements of grain size sensitivity in olivine deformed at high pressure in the deformation DIA, A. Dixon, W. B. Durham, A. Suzuki, and S. Mei, AGU, 90 (52), MR41A-1849, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2009.

23.  Experimental constraints on the rheology of the lithospheric mantle, S. Mei, A. M.

Suzuki, D. L. Kohlstedt, N. Dixon, and W. B. Durham, Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), T33A-

1862, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2009.

24.  Experimental investigation of the rheological behavior of garnet at high pressures, S.

Mei, A. M. Suzuki, D. L. Kohlstedt, L. Xu, and Z. Jin, Eos Trans. AGU, 91 (26), V21A-

096, West Pacific Geophys. Meet. Suppl., 2010.

25.  Rheological contrast between olivine and garnet at high pressures under anhydrous

conditions, S. Mei, A. M. Suzuki, D. L. Kohlstedt, W. B. Durham, and N. Dixon, Eos

Trans. AGU, 91 (52), T21C-2179, Fall Meet.Suppl., 2010.

26.  Deformation of olivine under mantle conditions: An in situ high-pressure, high-temperature study using monochromatic synchrotron radiation, Hilairet, N., Y. B. Wang, T. Sanehira, S. Merkel, and S. Mei, MR11B-2167, AGU fall meeting, 2011.

27.  Measurement of activation volume for creep of dry olivine at upper mantle pressure, Dixon, N.A., W.B. Durham, A.M. Suzuki, S. Mei, D.L. Kohlstedt, and J.W. Hustoft, MR11A-2466, AGU fall meeting, 2012.

28.  Effect of water on rheological properties of garnet at high temperature and high pressure, Xu, L., S. Mei, D.L. Kohlstedt, Z. Jin, and A.M. Suzuki, MR23C-2422, AGU fall meeting, 2012.

29.  Diffusion creep of enstatite at high pressures, G. Zhang, S. Mei, D.L. Kohlstedt, Abstract

MR23C-4365, AGU Fall Meeting, 2014.

30.  Experimental investigation on the low-temperature plasticity of garnet, S. Mei and G. Zhang, IUGG-3374, 26th IUGG General Assembly, Prague, 2015.