Materials Science For Structural Geology (springer Geochemistry/mineralogy)
by Mervyn S. Paterson /
2012 / English / PDF
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This book sets out the basic materials science needed for
understanding the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals.
Although at atmospheric pressure or at relatively low environmental
pressures, these materials tend to be brittle, that is, to fracture
with little prior plastic deformation when non-hydrostatically
stressed, they can undergo substantial permanent strain when
stressed under environmental conditions of high confining pressure
and high temperature, such as occur geologically in the Earth’s
crust and upper mantle. Thus the plastic deformation of rocks
and minerals is of fundamental interest in structural geology and
geodynamics. In mountain-building processes and during
convective stirring in the Earth’s mantle, rocks can undergo very
large amounts of plastic flow, accompanied by substantial changes
in microstructure. These changes in microstructure remain in
the rocks as evidence of the past deformation history. There
are a number of types of physical processes whereby rock and
minerals can undergo deformation under geological conditions.
The physics of these processes is set out in this book.
This book sets out the basic materials science needed for
understanding the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals.
Although at atmospheric pressure or at relatively low environmental
pressures, these materials tend to be brittle, that is, to fracture
with little prior plastic deformation when non-hydrostatically
stressed, they can undergo substantial permanent strain when
stressed under environmental conditions of high confining pressure
and high temperature, such as occur geologically in the Earth’s
crust and upper mantle. Thus the plastic deformation of rocks
and minerals is of fundamental interest in structural geology and
geodynamics. In mountain-building processes and during
convective stirring in the Earth’s mantle, rocks can undergo very
large amounts of plastic flow, accompanied by substantial changes
in microstructure. These changes in microstructure remain in
the rocks as evidence of the past deformation history. There
are a number of types of physical processes whereby rock and
minerals can undergo deformation under geological conditions.
The physics of these processes is set out in this book.
