The internal structure and composition of a plate-boundary-scale serpentinite shear zone: the Livingstone Fault, New Zealand

Tarling, Matthew S.; Smith, Steven A. F.; Scott, James M.; Rooney, Jeremy S.; Viti, Cecilia; Gordon, Keith C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1025-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1025-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1025-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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04 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 04 Jul 2019

The internal structure and composition of a plate-boundary-scale serpentinite shear zone: the Livingstone Fault, New Zealand

Matthew S. Tarling, Steven A. F. Smith, James M. Scott, Jeremy S. Rooney, Cecilia Viti, and Keith C. Gordon

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RC1: 'Peer review', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Matthew Tarling, 30 May 2019
RC2: 'Review of "The internal structure and composition of a plate-boundary scale serpentinite shear zone: the Livingstone Fault, New Zealand"', Telemaco Tesei, 10 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Telemaco Tesei', Matthew Tarling, 30 May 2019
EC1: 'AE comment', Cristiano Collettini, 15 May 2019
EC2: 'se-2019-61 decision: accept', Cristiano Collettini, 08 Jun 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Matthew Tarling on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Jun 2019) by Cristiano Collettini

ED: Publish as is (12 Jun 2019) by Federico Rossetti (Executive editor)

AR by Matthew Tarling on behalf of the Authors (14 Jun 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Shear zones dominated by hydrated mantle rocks (serpentinites) occur in many tectonic settings around the world. To better understand the internal structure, composition and possible mechanical behaviour of these shear zones, we performed a detailed field, petrological and microanalytical study of the Livingstone Fault in New Zealand. We propose a conceptual model to account for the main physical and chemical processes that control deformation in large serpentinite shear zones.