Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

We review recent results concerning the rheology of the lithosphere with special attention to
the following topics: 1) the flexure of the oceanic lithosphere, 2) deformation of the …

4.1 Introduction 51 4.2 Elastic constants 52 4.3 Isothermal versus adiabatic elastic constants
55 4.4 Experimental techniques 57 4.5 Some general trends in elasticity: Birch's law 59 4.6 …

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 …

Theoretical models for compaction creep of porous aggregates, and for conventional creep
of dense aggregates, by grain boundary diffusion controlled pressure solution are …

This book is a systematic guide to the recognition and interpretation of deformation
microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks at the scale of a thin section …

We review progress in experimental determinations of transient and steady-state flow
properties and processes of natural rocksalt aggregates, focusing primarily on results from …

The properties of sandstones as potential reservoirs and shales as source rocks depend on
primary facies relationships and diagenesis. Porostiy loss due to mechanical compation and …

Low-temperature deformation is characterized by heterogeneous strain in which the bulk of
the material clearly retains its primary texture. Deformation is by grain-scale crystal plasticity …

Cathodoluminescence petrography and scanning electron microscopy reveal that several
geologic variables significantly influenced intergranular pressure solution and quartz …