The minerals constituting the Earth's upper mantle are nominally anhydrous silicates
(NAMs). However they do contain hydrogen as a trace element, decorating point defects in …

Experimentally determined steady state flow properties and processes of important rock‐
forming materials are reviewed in reference to those of metals and ceramics and to physical …

CRC Practical Handbooks are a series of single-volume bench manuals that feature a
synthesis of the most frequently used, basic reference information. These highly abridged …

This market-leading textbook has been fully updated in response to extensive user
feedback. It includes a new chapter on joints and veins, additional examples from around …

Near the eastern end of the Tonale fault zone, a segment of the Periadriatic fault system in
the Italian Alps, the Adamello intrusion produced a syn-kinematic contact aureole. A …

A review is presented of the experimental data on subcritical crack growth in geological
materials. The main parameters describing subcritical crack growth are the critical stress …

The recent literature on the kinetics of water‐rock interactions is reviewed. The data are then
extended to provide a quantitative framework for the description of weathering and …

This textbook describes the physics of the plastic deformation of solids at high temperatures.
It is directed at geologists or geophysicists interested in the high-temperature behaviour of …

4.1 Introduction 51 4.2 Elastic constants 52 4.3 Isothermal versus adiabatic elastic constants
55 4.4 Experimental techniques 57 4.5 Some general trends in elasticity: Birch's law 59 4.6 …

We review the physical basis of the development of fabrics in plastic and viscous flow and
illustrate the typical fabrics formed by these processes in the main rock-forming silicates of …