Multiscale porosity changes along the pro- and retrograde deformation path: an example from Alpine slates

Akker, Ismay Vénice; Kaufmann, Josef; Desbois, Guillaume; Klaver, Jop; Urai, Janos L.; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1141-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1141-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1141-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Research article

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27 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 27 Sep 2018

Multiscale porosity changes along the pro- and retrograde deformation path: an example from Alpine slates

Ismay Vénice Akker, Josef Kaufmann, Guillaume Desbois, Jop Klaver, Janos L. Urai, Alfons Berger, and Marco Herwegh

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RC1: 'Review of Paper #se-2018-47 'Multiscale porosity estimates along the pro- and retrograde deformation path: an example from Alpine slates'', Audrey Ougier-Simonin, 25 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Authors comments', Ismay Vénice Akker, 14 Jul 2018
RC2: 'SE-2018-47 - Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Authors comments', Ismay Vénice Akker, 14 Jul 2018

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AR by Ismay Vénice Akker on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Aug 2018) by Florian Fusseis

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ED: Publish as is (30 Aug 2018) by Florian Fusseis

ED: Publish as is (31 Aug 2018) by Federico Rossetti (Executive editor)

AR by Ismay Vénice Akker on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2018)

Short summary

We studied porosity changes of slates from eastern Switzerland, which were deposited in an ocean in front of the emerging Alps during the Cenozoic. The Alpine collision between the European and African plates brought the rocks from this basin to today’s position in the Alps. From the basin to the surface, the porosity first decreased down to a small number of round cavities (<1 vol%) to microfractures, and once at the surface, the porosity increased again due to the formation of macro-fractures.