Rock deformation : a symposium. / David Griggs and John Handin, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Griggs, David, 1911-1974.

Handin, John.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Rock Deformation (1956 : University of California at Los Angeles)

Series:

Memoir (Geological Society of America) ; 79.

Geological Society of America. Memoir ; 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics--Congresses.

Geophysics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 382 pages : illustrations (part color), illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Geological Society of America], 1960.

Contents:

Orientation of anisotropic minerals in a stress field / G.J.F. MacDonald

Orientation of anisotropic minerals in a stress field : Discussion / William F. Brace

Annealing recrystallization in calcite crystals and aggregates / D.T. Griggs ... [et al.]

Deformation of rocks at 500 [degrees] to 800 [degrees] C / D.T. Griggs ... [et al.]

Experiments on compaction and cementation of sand / J.C. Maxwell

Experimental deformation of St. Peter Sand : a study of cataclastic flow / I. Borg ... [et al.]

Transition from brittle to ductile flow in Solenhofen limestone as a function of temperature, confining pressure, and insterstitial fluid pressure / H.C. Heard

Creep of Solenhofen limestone under moderate hydrostatic pressure / E.C. Robertson

Torsion of Yule marble under confining pressure / J. Handin ... [et al.]

Petrofabric analysis by means of the x-ray diffractometer / D.V. Higgs ... [et al.]

Faulting as a velocity discontinuity in plastic deformation / Helmer Ode

Mechanism of seismic faulting / E. Orowan

Observations on fracture and a hypothesis of earthquakes / David Griggs and John Handin.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 365-373.

OCLC:

542074