This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is
dominated by the phenomena of brittle fracture on one scale or another. Thus a distinction …

In contrast to the behaviour of individual grains, both inter-and intra-granular boundaries
within rocks have received much less attention. However, many geological processes …

1.1. Strategy and Techniques For a rock of given mineralogy and microstructure, the
variables important in determining strength are pressure, temperature, strain, strain history …

A new model has been developed for the deformation of granular material such as porous
rock, based on a mechanism of relative movement of grains (granular flow) controlled by the …

Geologists have long held the belief that diffusion along grain boundaries in rocks would
provide the means for mass transport over distances in the range of centimetres to metres …

The SEM electron channelling technique has been used to investigate the dynamic
recrystallization of three quartz grains representative of optical textures observed in quartzite …

The extent of connectivity of a fluid phase, in geological materials has a fundamental control
on rock physical properties such as permeability (Beere, 1975; Park and Yoon, 1985; von …

Oxygen isotopic compositions on the margins of marble bands from kyanite-staurolite grade
Miocene metamorphic rocks on the island of Naxos in the Aegean have been modified by …

Grain shape fabrics and optical microstructures of some quartzofeldspathic rocks deformed
under upper amphibolite facies conditions in the southwestern Grenville Province, Ontario …

Recognition of the importance of fluid flow in the process of metamorphism was an
outgrowth of efforts by petrologists over the last 50–60 years to understand the mineralogical …