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Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2141-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2141-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
Research article
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18 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2020

Relationship between microstructures and resistance in mafic assemblages that deform and transform

Nicolas Mansard, Holger Stünitz, Hugues Raimbourg, Jacques Précigout, Alexis Plunder, and Lucille Nègre

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Our rock deformation experiments (solid-medium Griggs-type apparatus) on wet assemblages of mafic compositions show that the ability of minerals to react controls the portions of rocks that deform and that minor chemical and mineralogical variations can considerably modify the strength of deformed assemblages. Our study suggests that the rheology of mafic rocks, which constitute a large part of the oceanic crust, cannot be summarized as being rheologically controlled by monophase materials.
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