Deformation and ultrafine dynamic recrystallization of quartz in pseudotachylyte-bearing brittle faults: A matter of a few seconds

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-38

  Bestmann, M ^a   Pennacchioni, G ^b,c   Nielsen, S ^c   Goken M ^a   de Wall, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal plastic deformation; Earthquakes; EBSD; Microstructure; Pseudotachylyte; Quartz; TEM

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE CRUST; COSEISMIC SLIPS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DISLOCATION WALLS; DISLOCATION-FREE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EBSD; FRICTIONAL HEATING; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE REFINEMENT; HIGH DISLOCATION DENSITY; HOST ROCKS; INITIAL STAGES; MIS-ORIENTATION; NORMAL FAULTS; POLYGONIZATION; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; RECOVERY PROCESS; SILICATE MELTS; SUBGRAIN ROTATION; SUBGRAINS; TEMPERATURE TRANSIENTS; THERMAL MODEL; TONALITE; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS; FRICTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; QUARTZ; SILICATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGREGATES;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CATACLASITE; DISLOCATION; FAULT; FAULT SLIP; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; HOST ROCK; NORMAL FAULT; ORIENTATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; SILICATE MELT; TONALITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84859932810     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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