Formation of joints in cooling plutons

S Bergbauer, SJ Martel - Journal of Structural Geology, 1999 - Elsevier
The geometry, age, and mineralogy of steeply dipping joints in the Lake Edison Granodiorite
of California indicate that thermal stresses played a key role in the formation of the joints …

Thermomechanical origin of regional fracture systems

JM English - AAPG bulletin, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Regional fracture systems are characterized by subparallel opening-mode fractures formed
as a result of brittle deformation in the Earth's crust. Understanding the origin and distribution …

Magma emplacement in a transfer zone: the Miocene mafic Orano dyke swarm of Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy

A Dini, DS Westerman, F Innocenti… - … Society, London, Special …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
Magmatic activity in the western part of Elba Island at the north end of the Tyrrhenian Sea
lasted approximately 1.5 Ma during the Late Miocene, building a complex of nested …

Position-by-position cooling paths within the Toki granite, central Japan: Constraints and the relation with fracture population in a pluton

T Yuguchi, S Sueoka, H Iwano, Y Izumino… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the locational differences of time-temperature (tT) paths within the granite
contributes to clarifying the detailed formation history, especially the thermal evolution, of the …

Controls on primary porosity and permeability development in igneous rocks

N Petford - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2003 - lyellcollection.org
Some of the more important processes leading to the development of primary igneous
porosity due to the cooling and crystallization of magma are reviewed. A distinction is made …

[HTML][HTML] 花岗岩侵位后的热应力时空演化及其影响因素

赵裕达, 张文高, 刘昊, 刘向冲 - 地质力学学报, 2024 - journal.geomech.ac.cn
花岗岩与岩浆热液型矿床, 油气成藏等有密切的成因关系. 高温岩浆侵位到较冷的围岩中会形成
岩浆热场和热应力, 但热应力的大小和其影响范围尚缺乏系统研究. 随着岩浆热耗散 …

Influence of asperities on fluid and thermal flow in a fracture: A coupled lattice Boltzmann study

A Neuville, EG Flekkøy… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The characteristics of the hydro‐thermal flow which occurs when a cold fluid is injected into
a hot fractured bedrock depend on the morphology of the fracture. We consider a sharp …

Rock pillars shaped by columnar joints in granite at Mt. Mizugaki, Central Japan

M Chigira - Island Arc, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rock pillars of granite form a special type of characteristic topography in granite, but their
origin is not well understood, partly because their 3D morphology has never been well …

Thermal‐elastic stresses and the criticality of the continental crust

CE Schrank, F Fusseis, A Karrech… - Geochemistry …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Heating or cooling can lead to high stresses in rocks due to the different thermal‐elastic
properties of minerals. In the upper 4 km of the crust, such internal stresses might cause …

Fractured micro-granitoid enclaves: A stress marker

TK Mondal, SS Acharyya - Journal of Structural Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Systematic, parallel, and steeply dipping tensile fractures within rounded to sub-rounded
micro-granitoid enclaves are analyzed to decipher the stress condition at Chitradurga …