Newtonian flow of heterogeneous synthetic gabbros at high strain: Grain sliding, ductile failure, and contrasting local mechanisms and interactions

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-322

  Dimanov, Alexandre ^a   Raphanel, Jean ^a   Dresen, Georg ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Creep; Finite elements; Heterogeneous stress strain; Lower crust; Shear zone; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; COMPUTER OPERATING PROCEDURES; CREEP; CRYSTALS; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTICITY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRESS RELAXATION; TORSIONAL STRESS;

DIFFUSIONAL MASS TRANSFER; ELASTO-VISCOPLASTIC; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; LOWER CRUST; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; SEQUENTIAL MECHANISM; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS/STRAIN;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

ANORTHITE; CAVITATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CREEP; DIOPSIDE; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GABBRO; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER CRUST; MYLONITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; TORSION;

EID: 79960512863     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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