Chemically induced compaction bands: Triggering conditions and band thickness

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 880-899

  Stefanou, Ioannis ^a   Sulem, Jean ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

And chemical softening; And periodicity; Compaction band instabilities due to cataclasis and dissolution in rocks; Compaction band thickness; Grain breakage; Regions of instability; Strong chemoporomechanical coupling

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE; SOFTENING;

EID: 84899683015     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010342     Document Type: Article

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