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Mechanisms of reaction-enhanced deformability in minerals and rocks

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Deformation Processes in Minerals, Ceramics and Rocks

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Our current understanding of deformation mechanisms in rocks and minerals and the rheology of these materials has been obtained largely through experimental studies of single crystals and monomineralic aggregates. Such studies are essential in obtaining a basic understanding of the fundamental processes of rock deformation. However, rocks of the Earth’s crust and mantle are seldom monomineralic and, therefore, to investigate deformation processes in the Earth realistically it is necessary to perform experiments on more complicated multi-phase aggregates (e.g. Tullis, this volume).

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Rubie, D.C. (1990). Mechanisms of reaction-enhanced deformability in minerals and rocks. In: Deformation Processes in Minerals, Ceramics and Rocks. The Mineralogical Society Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6827-4_11

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