Grain boundary dissolution porosity in quartzofeldspathic ultramylonites: Implications for permeability enhancement and weakening of mid-crustal shear zones

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 2-14

  Billia, Marco A ^a   Timms, Nicholas E ^b   Toy, Virginia G ^a   Hart, Rob D ^b   Prior, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault Zone; EBSD; Grain boundary dissolution; Porosity; Quartz; TEM

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; DOMINANT DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EBSD; GEOMETRICALLY NECESSARY DISLOCATION DENSITIES; GRAIN BOUNDARY INTERFACE; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT;

DISSOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

ALPINE OROGENY; CREEP; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; DISSOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; FELDSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARY; INTERFACE; MYLONITE; ORIENTATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84880331240     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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