Viscous anisotropy of olivine
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If grains are approximately orthotropic, the grain rheology can be modelled using the orthotropic power-law rheology. This requires specifying the grain eigenenhancements \(E_{ij}'\), the power-law exponent \(n'\), and the Taylor—Sachs weight \(\alpha\).
🚧 Not yet documented — see Rathmann et al. (2024) for details.