[HTML][HTML] Calcite twin formation, measurement and use as stress–strain indicators: a review of progress over the last decade

O Lacombe, C Parlangeau, NE Beaudoin, K Amrouch - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mechanical twins are common microstructures in deformed calcite. Calcite twins have been
used for a long time as indicators of stress/strain orientations and magnitudes …

Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic basin inversion and palaeostress fields in the North Atlantic-western Alpine-Tethys realm: implications for intraplate tectonics

R Stephenson, C Schiffer, A Peace, SB Nielsen… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intraplate basin/structural inversion (indicating tectonic shortening) is a good marker of (“far-
field”) tectonic stress regime changes that are linked to plate geometries and interactions, a …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of thermal strengthening in Sichuan marble

LNY Wong, X Cui, Y Zhang, Z Wu, T Guo - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2022 - Springer
It is well documented that temperatures higher than 400℃ can significantly lower rock
strength due to thermally induced decomposition and microcracks. However, rock strength …

Architecture and evolution of an extensionally-inverted thrust (Mt. Tancia Thrust, Central Apennines): Geological, structural, geochemical, and K–Ar geochronological …

M Curzi, L Aldega, SM Bernasconi, F Berra… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fault inversion may lead to significant obliteration of earlier tectonic structures, thus
preventing the straightforward interpretation of the complete kinematics and deformation …

Semi‐brittle deformation of Carrara marble: Hardening and twinning induced plasticity

E Rybacki, L Niu, B Evans - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐brittle flow occurs when crystal plasticity and cataclastic mechanisms operate
concurrently and may be common at mid‐levels of the Earth's crust. Using a Paterson gas …

Twinned calcite as an indicator of high differential stresses and low shock pressure conditions during impact cratering

L Seybold, CA Trepmann, S Hölzl… - … & Planetary Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shock‐related calcite twins are characterized in calcite‐bearing metagranite cataclasites
within crystalline megablocks of the Ries impact structure, Germany, as well as in cores from …

Calcite Twinning in Mollusk Shells and Carrara Marble

C Castillo Alvarez, JL Grimsich… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mollusk shells protect the animals that form and inhabit them. They are composites of
minerals and organics, with diverse mesostructures, including nacre, prismatic calcite …

[HTML][HTML] Lithological controls on the deformation mechanisms operating within carbonate-hosted faults during the seismic cycle

RJ Bullock, N De Paola, RE Holdsworth… - Journal of Structural …, 2014 - Elsevier
A significant proportion of moderate-large earthquakes, plus aftershocks, nucleate within
and propagate through upper-crustal carbonate-dominated sequences, where the effects of …

Chemical interaction driven by deep fluids in the damage zone of a seismogenic carbonate fault

B Marchesini, E Carminati, L Aldega, F Mirabella… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyzed from meso-to microscale the chemical interaction (eg, bleaching) between
deep fluids and carbonate rocks in pelagic limestones exposed along the seismically active …

Multiphase carbonatite-related magmatic and metasomatic processes in the genesis of the ore-hosting dolomite in the giant Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit

S Liu, HR Fan, DI Groves, KF Yang, ZF Yang… - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
The origin of dolomite that hosts the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit (57.4 Mt.@ 6% REE 2 O
3, 2.16 Mt.@ 0.13% Nb 2 O 5, and> 1500 Mt.@ 35% iron oxides) has been controversial for …