Strain in the lithosphere localizes into tabular zones known as shear zones that grow from
small outcrop-size individual zones to large composite structures. Nucleation is related to …

Progress in high-resolution X-ray microtomography has provided us with a practical
approach to determining three-dimensional (3D) structures of opaque samples at …

Tectonism significantly affects the pore type and pore structure evolution of organic-rich
shale. The Lower Cambrian Lujiaping Shale in the northeastern of the upper Yangtze area …

Compressional intracontinental orogens are major zones of crustal thickening produced at
large distances from active plate boundaries. Consequently, any account of their initiation …

Granitic magmas extracted from crustal sources can form over a wide variety of P, T and aH
2 O conditions. Both fluid-present and effectively fluid-absent conditions can yield granitic …

Abstract The Monviso ophiolite Lago Superiore Unit (LSU; Western Alps) constitutes a well-
preserved, largely coherent fragment of eclogitic upper oceanic lithosphere subducted to c …

Oceanic transform faults that offset mid-ocean ridges slip through earthquakes and aseismic
creep. The mode of slip varies with depth and along strike, with some fault patches that …

In the Gran Paradiso metagranodiorite (Western Alps) small scale lower amphibolite facies
shear zones record the transition from a mylonite composed of polycrystalline mineral …

Shear zones channelize fluid flow in Earth's crust. However, little is known about deep
crustal fluid migration and how fluids are channelized and distributed in a deforming lower …

We present a state-of-the-art review of the microstructural evolution in rocks under static and
deformational conditions. First, the general concepts and processes are introduced using …