Nanocrystalline slip zones in calcite fault gouge show intense crystallographic preferred orientation: Crystal plasticity at subseismic slip rates at 18-150 °C

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 863-866

  Verberne, Berend A ^a   de Bresser, Johannes H P ^a   Niemeijer, André R ^a   Spiers, Christopher J ^a   de Winter, D A Matthijs ^a   Plümper, Oliver ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL PLASTICITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; OPTICAL MICROSTRUCTURES; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; VELOCITY-WEAKENING;

AGGREGATES; CALCITE; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); PLASTICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR BANDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FAULT GOUGE; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; SEISMICITY; SHEAR TEST; SLIP RATE; STRESS;

EID: 84888784866     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34279.1     Document Type: Article

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