Rheological constraints on quartz derived from scaling relationships and numerical models of sheared brittle-ductile quartz veins, central Southern Alps, New Zealand

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 200-222

  Grigull, Susanne ^a,e   Ellis, Susan M ^b   Little, Timothy A ^a   Hill, Matthew P ^a,c   Buiter, Susanne J H ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile; Flow law; Numerical modelling; Quartz; Rheology; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; BRITTLE PROCESS; BRITTLE STRENGTH; BRITTLE-DUCTILE; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEFORMATION CONDITIONS; DISLOCATION CREEP; DOMINANT DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ARRAYS; FLOW LAW; GEOMETRICAL SCALING; LATE CENOZOIC; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NATURAL LABORATORIES; NEW ZEALAND; NUMERICAL MODELLING; POWER LAW CREEP; QUARTZ ROCKS; QUARTZ VEIN; RHEOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SHEAR ZONE;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

QUARTZ;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CREEP; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; METAGREYWACKE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUARTZ; QUARTZ VEIN; RHEOLOGY;

ALPS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84858160760     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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