Fault zones and fault systems have a key role in the development of the Earth's crust. They
control the mechanics and fluid flow properties of the crust, and the architecture of …

We present a state-of-the-art review of the microstructural evolution in rocks under static and
deformational conditions. First, the general concepts and processes are introduced using …

Calibrations have been developed for the molten salt cell and solid salt assemblies used in
tri-axial Griggs-type piston-cylinder deformation apparatus (Griggs apparatus) that enable …

Alpine deformation in the Grimsel granodiorite (Aar massif, Central Alps) at greenschist
facies conditions (6.5±1 kbar for 450° C±25° C) is characterized by the development of a …

Lithospheric deformation on Earth is localized under both brittle and ductile deformation
conditions. As high-temperature ductile rheologies are fundamentally strain-rate hardening …

We conducted general shear experiments on synthetic mixtures of quartz and muscovite
aggregates at 800° C and 1.5 GPa with 0.1 wt.% H 2 O added in the Griggs apparatus to …

Field studies and seismic data show that semi‐brittle flow of fault rocks probably is the
dominant deformation mechanism at the base of the seismogenic zone at the so‐called …

The Athabasca granulite terrane represents> 20,000 km2 of continental lower crust exposed
in the hanging wall of the ca. 1.85 Ga thrust–sense Legs Lake shear zone in the western …

Microstructures associated with cataclasites and mylonites in the Red River shear zone in
the Diancang Shan block, Yunnan Province, China show evidence for both reaction …

Eclogites within exhumed continental collision zones indicate regional burial to depths of at
least 60 km, and often more than 100 km in the coesite‐stable, ultra‐high pressure (UHP) …