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Research article
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10 Dec 2018
Research article |
| 10 Dec 2018
Myrmekite and strain weakening in granitoid mylonites
Alberto Ceccato
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
now at: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Plymouth, PL48AA Plymouth, UK
Luca Menegon
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth,
PL48AA Plymouth, UK
Giorgio Pennacchioni
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Luiz Fernando Grafulha Morales
Scientific Centre for Optical and Electron Microscopy
(ScopeM) – ETH Zürich, Zurich,
Switzerland
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- Constraining kinematic and temporal evolution of a normal-sense shear zone: Insights into the Simplon Shear Zone (Western Alps) C. Montemagni & S. Zanchetta 10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104557
- On the petrology and microstructures of small-scale ductile shear zones in granitoid rocks: An overview A. Ceccato et al. 10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104667
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Short summary
Metamorphic fine-grained reaction products make continental crust rocks weaker. Microstructural processes related to the transformation of strong K-feldspar into weak aggregates of plagioclase and quartz during crustal deformation have been investigated through electron microscopy. Rheological calculations show that the occurrence of even small amounts of weak aggregates, whose deformation is mainly diffusion-assisted, would lead to a decrease in rock viscosity of several orders of magnitude.
Metamorphic fine-grained reaction products make continental crust rocks weaker. Microstructural...
