Micro‐and macroscale experiments which document the dynamics of salt damage to porous
stone have yielded data which expose weaknesses in earlier interpretations. Previously …

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 …

Carbonate rocks (limestones and dolomites) constitute a major part of the geological column
and contain not only 60% of the world's known hydrocarbons but also host extensive mineral …

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 …

Low-salinity waterflooding (LSF) is one of the least-understood enhanced-oil-recovery
(EOR)/improved-oil-recovery (IOR) methods, and proper understanding of the mechanism …

A growing body of evidence suggests that fluids are intimately linked to a variety of faulting
processes. These include the long term structural and compositional evolution of fault zones; …

Salt weathering can cause substantial deterioration of natural rocks, building stones,
masonry materials, monuments, and engineering structures. Nearly two centuries of salt …

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

Field and laboratory observations suggest that the porosity within fault zones varies over
earthquake cycles so that fluid pressure is in long-term equilibrium with hydrostatic fluid …

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 …