Semi-brittle deformation of granitoid gouges in shear experiments at elevated pressures and temperatures

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 200-221

  Pec, Matej ^a   Stünitz, Holger ^b   Heilbronner, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brittle plastic transition; Fault rocks; Microstructures; Rock deformation; Semi brittle flow

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE-PLASTIC TRANSITION; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CONFINING PRESSURES; ELEVATED PRESSURE; FAULT ROCK; FELDSPAR MATERIAL; HIGH CONFINING PRESSURE; HIGH STRAIN RATES; MASS-TRANSFER PROCESS; ROCK DEFORMATION; SEMI-BRITTLE FLOW; SLIP ZONES; STRENGTH DIFFERENCES;

EXPERIMENTS; FELDSPAR; FRICTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCK PRESSURE; SODIUM; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DEFORMATION;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULTING; GRANITOID; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR TEST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84859932388     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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