▪ Abstract The icy moons of the outer solar system have not been quiescent bodies, in part
because many have a substantial water component and have experienced significant …

We present a state-of-the-art review of the microstructural evolution in rocks under static and
deformational conditions. First, the general concepts and processes are introduced using …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

Archean passive margins. In When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth?(eds KC
Condie & V. Pease.), pp. 149–56. Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 440 …

Quartz veins in the Eastern Tonale mylonite zone (Italian Alps) were deformed in strike-slip
shear. Due to the synkinematic emplacement of the Adamello Pluton, a temperature gradient …

Microstructural analyses of peridotite mylonites from the oceanic lithosphere indicate that
shear localization results from the combined effects of grain size reduction, grain boundary …

Synthetic fine‐grained anorthite aggregates were deformed at 300 MPa confining pressure
in a Paterson‐type gas deformation apparatus. Creep tests were performed at temperatures …

It is widely believed that grain size reduction by dynamic recrystallization can lead to major
rheological weakening and associated strain localization by bringing about a switch from …

Small‐scale convection associated with instabilities at the bottom of the lithospheric plates
on the Earth and other terrestrial planets occurs in the stagnant lid regime of temperature …

At high stresses and low temperatures, grainsize reduction by dynamic recrystallization
profoundly modifies rock rheology. Strain energy driven grain-boundary migration (ρGBM) is …