Rock fracture under upper crustal conditions is driven not only by applied stresses, but also
by time-dependent, chemically activated subcritical cracking processes. These subcritical …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is
dominated by the phenomena of brittle fracture on one scale or another. Thus a distinction …

Previous studies have shown that brittle strength of a rock is generally reduced in the
presence of water. However, for siliciclastic rocks, there is a paucity of data on the …

The characterization of time‐dependent brittle rock deformation is fundamental to
understanding the long‐term evolution and dynamics of the Earth's crust. The chemical …

Understanding the micro-mechanism of brittle creep in saturated rocks and studying their
mechanical behaviors after creep damage are of great significance to the design of rock …

Time-dependent brittle deformation is a fundamental and pervasive process operating in the
Earth's upper crust. Its characterization is a pre-requisite to understanding and unraveling …

In the upper crust, the chemical influence of pore water promotes time dependent brittle
deformation through sub‐critical crack growth. Sub‐critical crack growth allows rocks to …

The presence of water greatly influences time-dependent rock deformation. An
understanding of how water can affect the time-dependent mechanical behavior of rock is …

Understanding the micromechanical mechanism of the rock creep process is of great
importance for studying the macroscopic time-dependent behavior of rocks. In this study, the …