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Deformation Processes in Minerals, Ceramics and Rocks pp 296–333Cite as

Thermodynamics of rock deformation by pressure solution

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Geologists are indebted to Sorby (1863) for the recognition of the fact that rock deformation in the presence of water is often accomplished by processes in which ‘mechanical force is resolved into chemical action’. Sorby later coined the term ‘pressure solution’ in ascribing phenomena such as the pitting of pebbles (Mosher 1981) to stress-enhanced solubility, with which he was familiar from contemporary work in physical chemistry (Durney 1978). In recent work on deformation mechanisms, the terms Solution precipitation creep’ and ‘solution transfer’ or ‘transport creep’ have become customary, the former being more familiar from the metallurgical literature. In this chapter the term ‘pressure solution’ will be used to examine a principal mechanism of ductile rock deformation in the upper crust, which operates under diagenetic and low metamorphic grade conditions up to 200–400°C, depending upon grain size and mineralogy (Weyl 1959, Durney 1972, Elliott 1973, Rutter 1983).

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Lehner, F.K. (1990). Thermodynamics of rock deformation by pressure solution. 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_12

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