The aim of this review is to characterize the role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of
the Earth's upper crust and to describe how this creep mechanism competes and interacts …

Stylolites are ubiquitous geo-patterns observed in rocks in the upper crust, from geological
reservoirs in sedimentary rocks to deformation zones, in folds, faults, and shear zones …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

Epigenetic karstic systems in carbonate rocks commonly result from progressive dissolution
by acidic meteoric waters over thousands to millions of years. The generation of secondary …

The roughness of solid surfaces influences mineral dissolution rates by affecting flow and
transport in the near-surface regions and by increasing the surface area available for …

Over the past decades, the burial realm, the most prolonged and arguably the least well‐
understood diagenetic environment, has received significant research attention. Despite …

Carbonates are major sedimentary materials found in many upper layers of the Earth's crust.
Understanding their compaction behavior is important for porosity prediction in sedimentary …

We modeled the geometrical roughening of bedding-parallel, mainly layer-dominated
stylolites in order to understand their structural evolution, to present an advanced …

Earthquakes in central Italy, and in other areas worldwide, often nucleate within and rupture
through carbonates in the upper crust. During individual earthquake ruptures, most fault …

Uniaxial compaction experiments have been carried out on wet calcite powders prepared
from milled limestone, analytical grade calcite, and superpure calcite. The tests were …