The role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of the Earth's upper crust

JP Gratier, DK Dysthe, F Renard - Advances in geophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this review is to characterize the role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of
the Earth's upper crust and to describe how this creep mechanism competes and interacts …

Review of major shale-dominated detachment and thrust characteristics in the diagenetic zone: Part II, rock mechanics and microscopic scale

CK Morley, C von Hagke, R Hansberry, A Collins… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Characterising large shale thrust zone behaviour down to the diagenetic-metamorphic
boundary is both simple and complex. The task in critical taper, analogue and numerical …

Compaction creep of wet granular calcite by pressure solution at 28 C to 150 C

X Zhang, CJ Spiers, CJ Peach - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Uniaxial compaction experiments have been carried out on wet calcite powders prepared
from milled limestone, analytical grade calcite, and superpure calcite. The tests were …

A pressure solution creep law for quartz from indentation experiments

JP Gratier, R Guiguet, F Renard… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Indenter experiments have been performed on quartz crystals in order to establish a
pressure solution creep law relevant at upper to middle crustal conditions. This deformation …

Mélange and its seismogenic roof décollement: A plate boundary fault rock in the subduction zone—An example from the Shimanto Belt, Japan

Y Kitamura, K Sato, E Ikesawa, K Ikehara‐Ohmori… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The Mugi Mélange located in western Shikoku of the Shimanto Belt shows systematic Y‐P
deformation fabrics formed by microshear and pressure solution that penetrate throughout …

Fault permeability and strength evolution related to fracturing and healing episodic processes (years to millennia): the role of pressure solution

JP Gratier - Oil & Gas Science and Technology–Revue …, 2011 - ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr
It is well known that fluids flow through faults and fractures but it is also demonstrated that
fault zones act as impermeable barriers. Consequently, one must consider that faults are …

Pressure solution grain boundary sliding as a large strain mechanism of superplastic flow in the upper crust

JP Gratier, L Menegon, F Renard - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A mechanism accommodating large strain in superplastic flow with elongation of 100%–
300%, is described for fine‐grained calcareous shales deformed at temperature of 200 …

Coalescence in cold sintering: A study on sodium molybdate

A Ndayishimiye, Z Fan, J Mena-Garcia, JM Anderson… - Open Ceramics, 2022 - Elsevier
Cold sintering (CS) is a recently developed processing technique, enabling the low
temperature densification of ceramics, using a solvent and moderate pressures. Although …

Influence of grain boundary structure on dissolution controlled pressure solution and retarding effects of grain boundary healing

R van Noort, HJM Visser… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely accepted that the structure of a grain boundary undergoing pressure solution can
have a strong influence on the rates at which diffusive transport in the grain boundary …

Postseismic pressure solution creep: Evidence and time‐dependent change from dynamic indenting experiments

JP Gratier, F Renard, B Vial - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Active faults in the Earth's upper crust can slide either steadily by aseismic creep or abruptly
causing earthquakes. Seismic and aseismic processes are closely related: earthquakes are …