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Introduction and digest to the Special Issue on Chemical Effects of Water on the Deformation and Strengths of Rocks Introduction and digest to the Special Issue on Chemical Effects of Water on the Deformation and Strengths of Rocks
The important role of pore pressure in promoting such brittle processes as cataclasis, hydraulic fracturing, large‐scale faulting, and earthquakes within the crust is widely accepted in geology and geophysics [, 1957; , 1959; , 1958; ., 1963; , 1968; ., 1968; ., 1976; , 1973, 1980; , 1981]. Provided that fluid pressure is fully communicated with rock pore space, the effective normal...
Authors
Stephen H. Kirby
Experimental deformation of topaz crystals: Possible embrittlement by intracrystalline water Experimental deformation of topaz crystals: Possible embrittlement by intracrystalline water
Crystallographically oriented single‐crystal prisms of gem quality topaz (composition AlSiO (OH− F) where x = 0.04 ± 0.01) were deformed at a confining pressure of 1.50 GPa, a temperature of 800°C, and a strain rate of 2×10 s. Under nearly identical conditions, all crystals of anhydrous rock‐forming minerals that have been tested to date, such as olivine, quartz, feldspars, pyroxenes...
Authors
R. W. Lee, Stephen H. Kirby
Effects of compression direction on the plasticity and rheology of hydrolytically weakened synthetic quartz crystals at atmospheric pressure Effects of compression direction on the plasticity and rheology of hydrolytically weakened synthetic quartz crystals at atmospheric pressure
A hydrothermally grown synthetic quartz crystal with 370±60 ppm hydroxyl impurity was cut into right rectangular prisms in eight crystallographic orientations. We compressed the prisms under constant axial force corresponding to a uniaxial stress of 140.0±0.5 MPa, and temperatures of 510° and 750°C. All but one of the samples sustained permanent axial strains of 2–3%. We established the...
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Mark F. Linker, Stephen H. Kirby, A. Ord, J.M. Christie
National planning considerations for the acquisition of strong ground-motion data National planning considerations for the acquisition of strong ground-motion data
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Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt
Addresses, topics of interest, and geographic distribution of professors working on landslides in the United States Addresses, topics of interest, and geographic distribution of professors working on landslides in the United States
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E. E. Brabb, Ann R. FitzSimmons
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: November 1984 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: November 1984
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John B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence, P.A. Franklin
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: September 1984 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: September 1984
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John B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence, P.A. Franklin
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1984 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1984
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John B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence, P.A. Franklin
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 1984 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 1984
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John B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence, P.A. Franklin
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 1984 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 1984
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John B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence, P.A. Franklin
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 1984 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 1984
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John B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence, P.A. Franklin
Slope-stability analysis and creep susceptibility of Quaternary sediments on the northeastern United States continental slope Slope-stability analysis and creep susceptibility of Quaternary sediments on the northeastern United States continental slope
The continental slope off the northeastern United States is a relatively steep, morphologically complex surface which shows abundant evidence of submarine slides and related processes. Because this area may be developed by the petroleum industry, questions arise concerning the potential for further slope failures or unacceptable deformations and the conditions necessary to cause such...
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James S. Booth, Armand J. Silva, Stephen A. Jordan