Geodetic data support a short-term continental deformation localized in faults bounding
lithospheric blocks. Whether major “faults” observed at the surface affect the lithospheric …

Rheological properties of the upper mantle of the Earth play an important role in the
dynamics of the lithosphere and asthenosphere. However, such fundamental issues as the …

The concept of strength envelopes, developed in the 1970s, allowed quantitative predictions
of the strength of the lithosphere based on experimentally determined constitutive equations …

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 …

It is well accepted that the lithosphere may exhibit nonzero mechanical strength over
geological time and space scales, associated with the existence of non‐lithostatic …

To gain insight into the rheology of selected feldspar-bearing rocks from the continental
lower crust (CLC), three granulites from exposed lower crustal terrains and a microgabbro …

It is widely believed that grain size reduction by dynamic recrystallization can lead to major
rheological weakening and associated strain localization by bringing about a switch from …

At high stresses and low temperatures, grainsize reduction by dynamic recrystallization
profoundly modifies rock rheology. Strain energy driven grain-boundary migration (ρGBM) is …

Recent friction experiments carried out under upper crustal P–T conditions have shown that
microstructures typical of high temperature creep develop in the slip zone of experimental …

Carrara marble has been deformed experimentally at temperatures ranging between 500°
and 1000° C, at confining pressures of 200 and 300 MPa, and up to very large strains in …