The rate of water penetration in experimentally deformed quartzite: Implications for hydrolytic weakening

Tectonophysics

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-137

  Post, Alice ^a,b   Tullis, Jan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental deformation; FTIR spectroscopy; Hydrolytic weakening; Quartzite

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PENETRATION; QUARTZITE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 0032582325     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00145-0     Document Type: Article

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