Spalla M.I. et al.(Eds.) Advances in Interpretation of Geological Processes:Refinement of Multi-scale Data and Integration in Numerical Modelling

Geological Society of London(Special Publication 332),2008. — Editors: M.I.Spalla , A.M.Marotta,G.Gosso — 117 Pages — ISBN: 8174801650
Iterative comparison of analytical results and natural observations with predictions of numerical models improves interpretation of geological processes. Further refinements derive from wide-angle comparison of results from various scales of study. In this volume, advances from field, laboratory and modelling approaches to tectonic evolution - from the lithosphere to the rock scale - are compared. Constructive use is made of apparently discrepant or non-consistent results from analytical or methodological approaches in processing field or laboratory data, P-T estimates, absolute or relative age determinations of tectonic events, tectonic unit size in crustal-scale deformation, grain-scale deformation processes, various modelling approaches, and numerical techniques.Advances in geodynamic modelling critically depend on new insights into grain- and subgrain-scale deformation processes. Conversely, quantitative models help to identify which rheological laws and parameters exert the strongest control on multi-scale deformation up to lithosphere and upper mantle scale.Disequilibrium textures versus equilibrium modelling: geochronology at the crossroads
Argon enters the retentive zone: reassessment of diffusion parameters for K-feldspar in the South Cyclades Shear Zone, Ios, Greece
Serrated quartz grain boundaries, temperature and strain rate: testing fractal techniques in a syntectonic granite
Microstructure and elastic anisotropy of naturally deformed leucogneiss from a shear zone in Montalto (southern Calabria, Italy)
Geometry of intercrystalline brine in plastically deforming halite rocks:inference from electrical resistivity
Brittle plus plastic deformation of gypsum aggregates experimentally deformed in torsion to high strains:quantitative microstructural and textural analysis from optical and diffraction data
Numerical modelling of spontaneous slab breakoff dynamics during continental collision
Present-day vertical isostatic readjustment of the Western Alps revealed by numerical modelling and geodetic and seismotectonic data
Block model versus thermomechanical model: new insights on the present-day regional deformation in the surroundings of the Calabrian Arc
The role of mantle hydration in continental crust recycling in the wedge region
Three-dimensional evaluation of fabric evolution and metamorphic reaction progress in polycyclic and polymetamorphic terrains:a case from the Central Italian Alps
The interaction of deformation and metamorphic reactions