Influence of pore-fluid salinity on pressure solution creep in gypsum

Tectonophysics

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-330

  De Meer, Siese ^a   Spiers, Christopher J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compaction; Evaporite; Experimental studies; Gypsum; Kinetics; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM; POREWATER; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SALINITY;

EID: 0032707567     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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