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This book consists of 18 papers on deformation mechanisms, rheology and tectonics. The main approaches include experimental rock deformation, microstructural analysis, field structural studies, analogue and numerical modeling. New results on various topics are presented, ranging from brittle to ductile deformation and grain-scale to lithosphere-scale mechanisms. The volume contains review papers on several major current topics, such as the rheology of the lithospheric mantle and the mechanisms of exhumation of high-pressure tectonic units, as well as research papers on kinematic and mechanical analysis of rock deformation and related new techniques. Several contributions emphasize the increasing ability and wish of researchers to strengthen the links between small-scale physical mechanisms and large-scale tectonics. The volume will be of interest to academic and industrial researchers in the fields of structural geology, interactions between metamorphism, fluids and deformation, and large-scale tectonic processes.Also available: The Initiation, Propagation, And Arrests of Joints And Other Fractures - ISBN 1862391653 Flow Processes in Faults And Shear Zones - ISBN 186239153X Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives - ISBN 1862391173
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Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics" from Minerals to the Lithosphere
Geological Society Special Publications Society Book Editors R. J. PANKHURST (CHIEF EDITOR) P. DOYLE F. J. GREGORY J. S. GRIFFITHS A. J. HARTLEY R. E. HOLDSWORTH J. A. HOWE P. T. LEAT A. C. MORTON N. S. ROBINS J. P. TURNER
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It is recommended that reference to all or part of this book should be made in one of the following ways: GAPmS, D., BRUN, J. P. & COBBOLD, P. R. (eds) 2005. Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: from Minerals to the Lithosphere. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 243. KOEHN, D, ARNOLD, J. & PASSCHIER, C. W. 2005. Fracture and vein patterns as indicators of deformation history, a numerical study. In: GAPAIS, D., BRUN, J. P. & COBBOLD, P. R. (eds) 2005. Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: from Minerals to the Lithosphere. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 243, 11-24.
G E O L O G I C A L SOCIETY SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 243
Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: from Minerals