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Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-271-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-271-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
Research article
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09 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 09 Mar 2023

Large grain-size-dependent rheology contrasts of halite at low differential stress: evidence from microstructural study of naturally deformed gneissic Zechstein 2 rock salt (Kristallbrockensalz) from the northern Netherlands

Jessica Barabasch, Joyce Schmatz, Jop Klaver, Alexander Schwedt, and Janos L. Urai

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Short summary
We analysed Zechstein salt with microscopes and observed specific microstructures that indicate much faster deformation in rock salt with fine halite grains when compared to salt with larger grains. This is important because people build large cavities in the subsurface salt for energy storage or want to deposit radioactive waste inside it. When engineers and scientists use grain-size data and equations that include this mechanism, it will help to make better predictions in geological models.
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