Deformation in the Earth's Continental Crust. Theory, Experiment and Modelling
Invited Lecturers
- Yves Guéguen (Ec. Norm. Sup. - Lab. Geologie, Paris Cedex 05, France)
6 lectures on:
Physical properties of crustal rocks. Elasticity, fracture and creep of solids. Averaging techniques and statistical approaches, Transport properties, The role of fluids in faults zones – Part I: mechanical coupling and scale effects.- Florian Lehner (Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria)
7 lectures on:
Physical analogue modeling of transport and deformation processes in the laboratory; similarity and scaling, Thermodynamics of dissolution of stressed solids, Analysis of land subsidence induced by fluid pressure decline in compacting hydrocarbon reservoirs, Faulting in soft sediments. Ideal Coulomb plastic behaviour as a rationale of “scaled” sandbox experiments, Mechanics of fluid saturated porous rocks.- Yves M. Leroy (Ecole Nat. Supérieure, Paris Cedex 05, France)
6 lectures on:
Concise summary of continuum mechanics providing a basis for subsequent lectures, Numerical methods and the finite-element method in particular, Computational modeling of intergranular pressure solution and the morphological evolution of solid/solution interfaces, The onset of folding in elastic, elasto-plastic and viscous layers.- John W. Rudnicki (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ilinois, USA)
8 lectures on:
Fundamentals of constitutive relations for fluid-saturated porous rock, Mechanics of fluid saturated porous rocks, The use of Eshelby’s technique for studying the effects of (poro-)elastic heterogeneities, Application to seismic source theory, Theory of strain localization and experimental observations, Frictional sliding and simple models of the onset of inertial instability including rate and state dependence.- Christopher Spiers (Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
6 lectures on:
Deformation maps, ductile deformation: from field observations to laboratory experiments, Solution-precipitation (pressure-solution) creep as a ductile deformation mechanism in the upper crust: field evidence and laboratory experiments, The role of fluids in faults zones – Part II: field observations and experimental modeling of fault gauge.