Transient creep, aseismic damage and slow failure in Carrara marble deformed across the brittle-ductile transition

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Schubnel, A ^a   Walker, E ^b   Thompson, B D ^a   Fortin, J ^a,b,c   Gueguen Y ^c   Young, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES;

ASEISMIC DAMAGE; CARRARA MARBLE; CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

MARBLE;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CATACLASITE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; MARBLE; MICROCRACK; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RHEOLOGY; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 33845624167     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026619     Document Type: Article

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