Stylolite interfaces and surrounding matrix material: Nature and role of heterogeneities in roughness and microstructural development

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1070-1084

  Ebner, M ^a   Piazolo, Sandra ^b   Renard, Francois ^c,d   Koehn, Daniel ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

EBSD; Heterogeneities; Pressure solution; Roughness; Stylolite

Indexed keywords

EBSD; HETEROGENEITIES; PRESSURE SOLUTION; ROUGHNESS; STYLOLITE;

DISSOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ;

COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST ROCK; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; STRESS ANALYSIS; STYLOLITE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 77957157849     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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