A quantitative study of deformation mechanisms and finite strain in quartzites
A quantitative study of deformation mechanisms and finite strain in quartzites
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石英岩变形机制和有限应变的定量研究
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1976
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S. Mitra
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S. Mitra
AbstractThe Weverton quartzites in the Maryland Blue Ridge are deformed by one major period of greenschist-grade deformation. The components of finite strain due to different independent mechanisms have been measured for these rocks. The total strain is split up into two major components:
$$varepsilon ^t = varepsilon ^p + varepsilon ^d .$$
The finite natural strain caused by dislocation creep (ɛd) is measured by a new technique using folded and stretched rutile needles which are good strain markers within the quartz crystals. Pressure solution strain (ɛp) is measured from the ratio of the area of new crystals and fibers to the whole rock area in principal sections. Grain boundary sliding is a dependent process which accompanies both mechanisms. Pressure solution obeys a linear Newtonian flow law,
$$left| {dot gamma _0^p }
ight| = A_p left| { au _0 }
ight|$$
, while dislocation creep obeys a power law of the form
$$left| {dot gamma _0^d }
ight| = A_d left| { au _0 }
ight|^n $$
where
$$dot gamma _0^p ,dot gamma _0^d $$
are octahedral shear strain rates, τ0 is the octahedral shear stress and Ap, Ap and n are constants. A direct correlation between finite strain measurements and the operating flow laws can be made. Application of these methods and principles to a few field examples indicates that the rocks obey a flow law partly governed by each mechanism. Any set of physical conditions defines a unique flow law and there is a transition in creep behavior from dominantly Newtonian to a power law with increasing strain rate.