Deformation Processes in Minerals, Ceramics and Rocks (The Mineralogical Society Series, 1)

This monograph has its origins in a two-day meeting with the same title held in London, England in the spring of 1987. The idea for the meeting came from members of the UK Mineral and Rock Physics Group. It was held under the auspices of, and made possible by the generous support of, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Additional financial assistance was provided by ECC International pIc and the Cookson Group pIc. The aims of the London meeting were to survey the current state of knowledge about deformation processes in non-metallic materials and to bring together both experts and less experienced Earth scientists and ceramicists who normally had little contact but shared common interests in deformation mechanisms. This monograph has similar aims and, indeed, most of its authors were keynote speakers at the meeting. Consequently, most of the contributions contain a review element in addition to the presentation and discussion of new results. In adopting this format, the editors hope that the monograph will provide a valuable state-of-the-art sourcebook, both to active researchers and also to graduate students just starting in the relevant fields. Front Matter....Pages iii-xviii An introduction....Pages 1-4 Fracture and failure of brittle polycrystals: an overview....Pages 5-47 Single-crack behaviour and crack statistics....Pages 48-71 Fracture of polycrystalline ceramics....Pages 72-83 Compressive brittle fracture and the construction of multi-axial failure maps....Pages 84-108 Brittle-to-ductile transitions in polycrystalline non-metallic materials....Pages 109-137 Régimes of plastic deformation — processes and microstructures: an overview....Pages 138-178 Experimental deformation and data processing....Pages 179-189 Experimental studies of deformation mechanisms and microstructures in quartzo-feldspathic rocks....Pages 190-227 Microstructural analysis and tectonic evolution in thrust systems: examples from the Assynt region of the Moine Thrust Zone, Scotland....Pages 228-261 Mechanisms of reaction-enhanced deformability in minerals and rocks....Pages 262-295 Thermodynamics of rock deformation by pressure solution....Pages 296-333 Densification of crystalline aggregates by fluid-phase diffusional creep....Pages 334-353 Dynamic recrystallization and grain size....Pages 354-364 Simulation of dislocation-assisted plastic deformation in olivine polycrystals....Pages 365-376 On the slip systems in uranium dioxide....Pages 377-390 A TEM study of dislocation reactions in experimentally deformed chalcopyrite single crystals....Pages 391-414 Back Matter....Pages 415-423 This book, which arose out of a specially convened meeting, surveys the current state of knowledge about deformation processes relevant to non-metallic systems. The approach is interdisciplinary and it is relevant to structural geology, mineralogy, ceramicists, geography and rock mechanics.