Experimentally deformed quartzo-feldspathic rocks

 

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Experimentally deformed quartzo- feldspathic rocks

 

starting material & regime1 / regime 2 / annealing & melting

 

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EA shortened 67% at 900°C, 10-5/sec, and 1200 MPa; ~4% melt has resulted in cataclastic flow.

EA shortened 67% at 900°C, 10-5/sec, and 1200 MPa, with ~4% melt present (due to 1 wt % added water). The presence of the melt has changed the overall sample deformation to cataclastic flow. (PMA10)