Fabric transition with dislocation creep of a carbonate fault zone in the brittle regime

• Published in: Tectonophysics Vol. 723; pp. 107 - 116
• Main Authors: Kim, Sungshil, Ree, Jin-Han, Han, Raehee, Kim, Nahyeon, Jung, Haemyeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 16.01.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Calcite; Cambrian; Carbonates; Deformation; Dislocations; Dolostone; Ductile-brittle transition; Fabric transition; Fabrics; Fault zones; Fracture mechanics; Frictional heating; Garam thrust; Geological faults; Heating; High temperature; Lattice preferred orientation; Limestone; Materials creep; Minerals; Moisture content; Ordovician; Preferred orientation; Seismic activity; Seismic slip; Slip; Solifluction; Strain rate; Temperature; Temperature gradients; Twinning; Water content; Frictional heating; Lattice preferred orientation; Seismic slip; Garam thrust; Fabric transition

Fabric transition by a switch in the dominant slip system of minerals in the plastic regime can be induced by changes in temperature, strain rate, or water content. We propose here this fabric transition by frictional heating in seismogenic fault zones in the brittle regime. The Garam Thrust in the...