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Dear All,

 

We would like to draw your attention on a Special Volume on Deformation Mechanisms and Strain Localization which is going to be published on Solid Earth (http://www.solid-earth.net/).

 

Title: Deformation mechanisms and ductile strain localization in the lithosphere

 

Description:

The Special Volume provides an overview of recent advances in the study of deformation mechanisms and microstructures and the process of ductile strain localization in the lithosphere. Microstructures and textures (crystallographic preferred orientations) represent the link between natural and experimental rock deformation, allowing extrapolation and application of laboratory data to natural shear zones and rock rheology. The investigation of progressive microstructural development and related deformation mechanisms in shear zones is therefore of prime importance for understanding strain localization, which occurs throughout the lithosphere and determines the lithospheric strength and general geodynamic processes. Recent contributions have highlighted the interactions between fracturing and ductile deformation under a wide range of P and T conditions, as well as the importance of planar rheological heterogeneities for shear zone localization in the crust and mantle. These aspects need to be further explored in order to achieve a quantitative understanding of the mechanical behavior of the lithosphere and of the resulting distribution of deformation.

The Special Volume welcomes (but is not limited to) contributions presented at the session “Ductile deformation and its interaction with brittle fracture: fabrics, strain localization, fluid-rock interaction and metamorphic conditions” at the EGU General Assembly 2014, and aims to present a mix of both review papers and original research studies.

 

Guest editors:

Luca Menegon (Plymouth University, UK, [log in to unmask])

Michael Stipp (GEOMAR, Germany, [log in to unmask])

Giorgio Pennacchioni (University of Padova, Italy, [log in to unmask])

Neil Mancktelow (ETH Zürich, Switzerland, [log in to unmask])

Rick Law (Virginia Tech, USA, [log in to unmask])

 

Timeline:

Expression of interest: by 10th June 2014 to [log in to unmask]

Start date and end date of submission: 15th June 2014 – 31st December 2014. Please note that Solid Earth does not apply article processing charges until January 1st 2015, so that submissions should be closed before the end of the year.

 

We kindly invite you to consider submitting contributions to this Solid Earth Special Volume.

 

Best wishes,

 

Luca

 

 

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Luca Menegon

Lecturer in Structural Geology and Tectonics

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

Drake Circus

PL4 8AA Plymouth

United Kingdom

 

Fitzroy Building, room 119b

Email: [log in to unmask]

Telephone: +44 (0)1752 584931

Fax: +44 (0)1752 584776

 

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/lmenegon

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