Time for anisotropy: The significance of mechanical anisotropy for the development of deformation structures.

The forty-year history of the Journal of Structural Geology has recorded an enormous increase in the description, interpretation and modelling of deformation structures. Amongst factors that control deformation and the resulting structures, mechanical anisotropy has proven difficult to tackle. Using...

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Autores: Ran, Hao, de Riese, Tamara, Llorens, Maria-Gema, Finch, M., Evans, L., Gómez Rivas, Enrique, Griera i Artigas, Albert, Jessell, M., Lebensohn, Ricardo A., Piazolo, S., Bons, Paul D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/162670
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/162670
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anisotropia
Geologia estructural
Anisotropy
Structural geology
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Sumario:The forty-year history of the Journal of Structural Geology has recorded an enormous increase in the description, interpretation and modelling of deformation structures. Amongst factors that control deformation and the resulting structures, mechanical anisotropy has proven difficult to tackle. Using a Fast Fourier Transform-based numerical solver for viscoplastic deformation of crystalline materials, we illustrate how mechanical anisotropy has a profound effect on developing structures, such as crenulation cleavages, porphyroclast geometry and the initiation of shear bands and shear zones.