Extreme ductility of feldspar aggregates - Melt-enhanced grain boundary sliding and creep failure: Rheological implications for felsic lower crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Závada, Prokop ^a,d   Schulmann, Karel ^b   Konopásek, Jiří ^c   Ulrich, Stanislav ^a,d   Lexa, Ondrej ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^d GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILITY; FELDSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARY; OVERPRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SLIDING;

EID: 37349076975     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004820     Document Type: Article

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