Orals TS2.3/EMRP4.13
TS2.3/EMRP4.13 Strain localization from the mid-crust to the upper mantle: brittle-ductile transition and ductile shear zones in nature, experiments and theory (including the Stephan Mueller medal lecture by Renée Heilbronner) (co-organized) |
Convener:
Gustavo Viegas
Co-Conveners: David Wallis , Károly Hidas |
Session details |

Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016 Room B Chairperson: Gustavo Viegas, David Wallis, Karoly Hidas | |
Deformation mechanisms in nature and experiment | |
08:30–08:45 |
EGU2016-2091 Linking natural microstructures with numerical modeling of pinch-and-swell structures Max Peters, Alfons Berger, Marco Herwegh, and Klaus Regenauer-Lieb |
08:45–09:00 |
EGU2016-8335 Development of discrete aggregates of recrystallization along micro-shear zones in quartz ribbons during multistage ductile evolution of a quartz vein Alberto Ceccato, Giorgio Pennacchioni, and Michel Bestmann |
09:00–09:15 |
EGU2016-7472 Experimental deformation of a mafic rock – interplay between fracturing, reaction and viscous deformation Sina Marti, Holger Stünitz, Renée Heilbronner, Oliver Plümper, and Martyn Drury |
09:15–09:30 |
EGU2016-9048 Zipper and freeway shear zone junctions Cees Passchier and John Platt |
Strain localization/rheology | |
09:30–09:45 |
EGU2016-14333 The importance of strain localisation in shear zones Paul D. Bons, Melanie Finch, Enrique Gomez-Rivas, Albert Griera, Maria-Gema Llorens, Florian Steinbach, and Ilka Weikusat |
09:45–10:00 |
EGU2016-5575 The effects of heterogeneities and loading conditions in the development of shear zones (solicited) Luiz F. G. Morales, Erik Rybacki, and Georg Dresen |
Coffee break | |
Chairperson: Gustavo Viegas, David Wallis, Karoly Hidas | |
10:30–10:45 |
EGU2016-13725 Strain localization in the lower crust: brittle precursors versus lithological heterogeneities (Musgrave Ranges, Central Australia) Friedrich Hawemann, Neil Mancktelow, Sebastian Wex, Giorgio Pennacchioni, and Alfredo Camacho |
10:45–11:00 |
EGU2016-11177 Rheological structure of the lithosphere in plate boundary strike-slip fault zones (solicited) Vasileios Chatzaras, Basil Tikoff, Seth C. Kruckenberg, Julie Newman, Sarah J. Titus, Anthony C. Withers, and Martyn R. Drury |
Stephen Mueller Medal Lecture | |
11:00–12:00 |
EGU2016-1517 Deformation of the lithosphere and what microstructures can tell us about it (Stephan Mueller Medal Lecture) Renée Heilbronner |