Development of fluid veins during deformation of fluid-rich rocks close to the brittle-ductile transition: Comparison between experimental and physical models

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2047-2066

  Rabinowicz, Michel ^a   Bystricky, Misha ^b   Schmocker, Martin ^c   Toplis, Michael J ^a   Rigo, Alexis ^a   Perfettini, Hugo ^b  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c BK Grundbauberatung AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anorthite; Compaction; Dilation; Dunite; Fluid channelling; Fluid, brittle and ductile deformation; Gouges; Quartz; Riedel bands; Shear

Indexed keywords

ANORTHITE; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPACTION; DILATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; DUNITE; FAULT GOUGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77957268176     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq047     Document Type: Article

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