期刊
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
卷 105, 期 -, 页码 62-79出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2017.10.011
关键词
Rock deformation experiments; Brittle-viscous transition; Dissolution-precipitation; Grain boundary sliding; Polyphase rheology
资金
- Swiss National Foundation [NF 200020_144448]
- Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Basel
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200020_144448] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Rock deformation experiments are performed on fault gouge fabricated from 'Maryland Diabase' rock powder to investigate the transition from dominant brittle to dominant viscous behaviour. At the imposed strain rates of (gamma) over dot = 3.10(-5) - 3.10(-6) s(-1), the transition is observed in the temperature range of (600 degrees C < T < 800 degrees C) at confining pressures of (0.5 GPa <= 5 Pc <= 5. 1.5 GPa). The transition thereby takes place by a switch from brittle fracturing and cataclastic flow to viscous dissolution-precipitation creep and grain boundary sliding. Mineral reactions and resulting grain size refinement by nucleation are observed to be critical processes for the switch to viscous deformation, i.e., grain size sensitive creep. In the transitional regime, the mechanical response of the sample is a mixed-mode between brittle and viscous rheology and microstructures associated with both brittle and viscous deformation are observed. As grain size reduction by reaction and nucleation is a time dependent process, the brittle-viscous transition is not only a function of T but to a large extent also of microstructural evolution.
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