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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1193-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-1193-2017
Research article
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19 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2017

Hierarchical creep cavity formation in an ultramylonite and implications for phase mixing

James Gilgannon, Florian Fusseis, Luca Menegon, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, and Jim Buckman

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We examine rocks from the middle crust to explore how fluids circulate and influence a rock’s response to larger-scale tectonic movements. A model is developed in which fluids deep in the Earth migrate to clusters of pores generated during those movements. We document how distinct pores form in a specific order in association with local changes in how quartz deforms. The porosity evolves out of the deformation, changing the rate the rock moved under tectonic forces.