Brittle creep in basalt and its application to time-dependent volcano deformation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-82

  Heap, M J ^a,b   Baud, P ^b   Meredith, P G ^a   Vinciguerra, S ^c   Bell, A F ^d   Main, I G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Brittle creep; Mt. Etna; Stress corrosion; Time dependent deformation; Triaxial

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE CREEP; MT. ETNA; STRESS CORROSION; TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATION; TRIAXIAL;

BASALT; CRACK TIPS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; EXPERIMENTS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; VOLCANOES;

CREEP;

BASALT; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CORROSION; CREEP; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; UPPER CRUST;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79957946499     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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