The transition from brittle faulting to cataclastic flow in porous sandstones: Mechanical deformation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 3009-3025

  Wong, Teng Fong ^a   David, Christian ^a,b   Zhu, Wenlu ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire de Physico Chimie de l'Atmosphère   (France)

Author keywords

Ion structures; Thermochemistry

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CATACLASTIC FLOW; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULTING; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0030819956     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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