Steady state flow of rocks

摘要: Experimentally determined steady state flow properties and processes of important rock-forming materials are reviewed in reference to those metals ceramics physical conditions the earth's crust upper mantle. Dislocation motion controls creep rate over a wide range experiments, observation that same have operated during natural deformations permits extrapolations mechanical data. Under these conditions, strain is related stress raised power 2–9, depending on material resulting stresses equivalent viscosities compared at representative geological 10−14/s. The results applied brief discussions diapirism, growth folds,