Extensional veins induced by self-similar dissolution at stylolites: Analytical modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Katsman, Regina ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clays; Eshelby's Inclusion; Pressure Solution; Stylolites; Veins

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL MODELING; ANTICRACK; ESHELBY; ESHELBY'S INCLUSION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HOST ROCKS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NON-UNIFORM STRESS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SELF-SIMILAR; STRESS FIELD; STYLOLITES; VEINS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

DISSOLUTION;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLAY; DISSOLUTION; MODELING; PRESSURE EFFECT; STYLOLITE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 77958474999     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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