Materials Science for Structural Geology

• Main Author: Paterson, Mervyn S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Mineralogy.; Thermodynamics.; Earth Sciences.

This book sets out the basic materials science needed for understanding the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals.  Although at atmospheric pressure or at relatively low environmental pressures, these materials tend to be brittle, that is, to fracture with little prior plastic deformation when n...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: The Nature of Rocks and Minerals as Materials
• Thermodynamics
• Rate Processes
• Mechanical Fundamentals – Macroscopic
• Deformation Mechanisms - Atomic Transfer Flow
• Deformation Mechanisms - Crystal Plasticity
• Deformation Mechanisms - Granular Flow.