Abstract Models test our understanding of processes and can reach beyond the spatial and
temporal scales of measurements. Multi-component Reactive Transport Models (RTMs) …

Whenever a mineral or mineral assemblage comes into contact with a fluid with which it is
out of equilibrium, reequilibration will tend to take place to reduce the free energy of the …

Aesthetically appealing thrust systems and related large-scale anticlines, in both active and
fossil foreland fold-and-thrust belts, and the economic potential associated with them, have …

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 …

Cold sintering densification and coarsening mechanisms are considered from the
perspective of the non-equilibrium chemo-mechanical process known in Earth Sciences as …

Dense ceramic materials can form in nature under mild temperatures in water. By contrast,
man-made ceramics often require sintering temperatures in excess of 1,400° C for …

Stylolites are ubiquitous geo-patterns observed in rocks in the upper crust, from geological
reservoirs in sedimentary rocks to deformation zones, in folds, faults, and shear zones …

Structural diagenesis is the study of the relationships between deformation or deformational
structures and chemical changes to sediments. The alliance of structural geology and …

A mechanistic model is presented to describe closure of a fracture mediated by pressure
solution; closure controls permeability reduction and incorporates the serial processes of …

Geological evidence indicates that fluids play a key role during the seismic cycle. After an
earthquake, fractures are open in the fault and in the surroundings rocks. With time, during …