Microstructural evolution of an incipient fault zone in Opalinus Clay: Insights from an optical and electron microscopic study of ion-beam polished samples from the Main Fault in the Mt-Terri Underground Research Laboratory

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 67, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 107-128

  Laurich, Ben ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a   Desbois, Guillaume ^a   Vollmer, Christian ^b   Nussbaum, Christophe ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Swiss Geological Survey   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gouge; Opalinus clay; Scaly clay; Shear zone; Slickenside

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CORE DRILLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; ION BEAMS; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOUGE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; LONG-TERM MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OPALINUS CLAY; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; SHEAR ZONE; SLICKENSIDE; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES; INCIPIENT FAULTS; MICROSCOPIC STUDY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCITE; CLAY MINERAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; PROTOLITH; SHEAR ZONE; FAULTING; MICROMECHANICS; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SLICKENSIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84906079644     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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