Folding and necking across the scales: a review of theoretical and experimental results and their applications

SM Schmalholz, NS Mancktelow - Solid Earth, 2016 - se.copernicus.org
The shortening and extension of mechanically layered ductile rock generates folds and
pinch-and-swell structures (also referred to as necks or continuous boudins), which result …

The spatial and temporal patterning of the deep crust and implications for the process of melt extraction

M Brown - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Volumetrically significant melt production requires crustal temperatures above
approximately 800° C. At the grain scale, the former presence of melt may be inferred based …

[HTML][HTML] Dehydration-induced rheological heterogeneity and the deep tremor source in warm subduction zones

WM Behr, AJ Kotowski, KT Ashley - Geology, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present observations from an exhumed subduction complex that resembles the
environment of modern deep episodic tremor and slow slip (ETS). We focus on the Cycladic …

Channel flow extrusion model to constrain dynamic viscosity and Prandtl number of the Higher Himalayan Shear Zone

S Mukherjee - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2013 - Springer
Constraining magnitudes of mechanical and thermo-mechanical parameters of rocks and
shear zones are the important goals in structural geology and tectonics (Talbot in J Struct …

Self‐induced incipient 'eclogitization'of metagranitoids at closed‐system conditions

S Schorn - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The incipient development of diagnostic high‐pressure assemblages—the 'eclogitization'—
of granitoids, such as plagioclase breakdown and small‐scale formation of garnet and …

[HTML][HTML] On the petrology and microstructures of small-scale ductile shear zones in granitoid rocks: an overview

A Ceccato, P Goncalves, L Menegon - Journal of Structural Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the pioneering works of John Ramsay in the 1970's and 1980's, the analysis of
exceptional exposures of small-scale shear zones (ie 10-3–10− 1 m thick) in granitoid rocks …

Interaction of deformation and metamorphism during subduction and exhumation of hydrated oceanic mantle: Insights from the Western Alps

G Rebay, MI Spalla, D Zanoni - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Petrological investigations supported by multi‐scale structural analysis of eclogitized
serpentinite in the Zermatt–Saas Zone of the Western Alps allows for the determination of …

The thermodynamics of deformed metamorphic rocks: a review

BE Hobbs, A Ord, K Regenauer-Lieb - Journal of Structural Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
The deformation of rocks is a disequilibrium and strongly non-linear phenomenon with a
number of interacting chemical, thermal and microstructural processes operating …

Ocean floor and subduction record in the Zermatt‐Saas rodingites, Valtournanche, Western Alps

D Zanoni, G Rebay, MI Spalla - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Multiscale structural analysis and petrological modelling were used to establish the pressure‐
peak mineral assemblages and pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions recorded in the …

Petrological study of an eclogite-facies metagranite from the Champtoceaux Complex (La Picherais, Armorican Massif, France)

T Gyomlai, P Yamato, G Godard - European Journal of …, 2023 - ejm.copernicus.org
The high-pressure metagranite of La Picherais belongs to the Cellier Unit (part of the lower
allochthon of the Champtoceaux Complex; Armorican Massif, western France), where it …