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 …

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 …

Feldspars have the most intensely-studied dissolution kinetics of any of the silicate minerals.
This is partly because they are the most abundant silicate mineral in crustal rocks, and …

A single-pass, flow-through apparatus was used to determine the dissolution rate of quartz
at 70° C as a function of pH and time. Dissolution rate data were obtained over the pH range …

Several examples of deformation‐induced myrmekite have been found in two amphibolite
facies mylonites derived from granitic protoliths, namely a muscovite‐poor S‐C mylonite and …

Self-organization is the autonomous passage of a svstem from an unnatterned to a
natterned state without the interven-tion of an external template. Self-organization requires …

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 …

Deformation mechanisms which can operate in rocks include diffusive mass transfer, crystal
plasticity, grain-boundary sliding as well as fracture and cataclasis. Each mechanism …

Modeling of kinetic and sorption reactions requires estimates of the surface area of natural
substrates which are often difficult to measure directly. A synthesis of data indicates that BET …