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The effect of strain on the crystallinity of carbonaceous matter: Application of Raman spectroscopy to deformation experiments

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Raman spectroscopy, applied to the carbonaceous matter (CM) present in fault zones, is a potentially powerful tool to aid in the reconstruction of slip conditions, provided the respective effect of heating and strain can be disentangled. For this purpose, we have carried out static heating and deformation experiments on low-grade sediments containing disseminated CM particles and tracked the evolution of CM crystalline ordering (crystallinity) using Raman spectroscopy. Heating at high pressure (200 MPa), at varying temperatures (500 to 800 °C) and durations (3 to 1080 h) resulted in an increased crystallinity, which was observed by an increase in the intensity ratio of the Disordered Band over the Graphite Band (Intensity Ratio R1 parameter) of the Raman spectra. The experimental relationship between R1, T and duration was compiled into a law of evolution, which was then used to design the deformation experiments. Experiments were performed in a Paterson rig at 150 MPa or in a Griggs-type rig at 1 GPa. We observed two types of deformation microstructures: (1) purely brittle ones, such as breccia along slip planes and (2) ductile ones, such as foliated layers, resulting from grain reorientation and comminution along with dissolution precipitation. In all deformation microstructures, an increase in R1 is visible and interpreted to be the result of higher crystallinity of carbonaceous particles. Such increase is negligible in breccia, but is significant, up to 40%, in ductile deformation zones. The slow strain rates prevailing in ductile deformation prevented any local temperature increase, therefore the increase in crystallinity of the CM can be solely attributed to deformation. Thus, in natural fault zone, the increased crystallinity of CM reported in the literature and interpreted to be the result of frictional heating during earthquakes might rather be the result of strain localization without transient temperature increase.
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Benjamin Moris-Muttoni, Hugues Raimbourg, Rémi Champallier, Romain Augier, Abdeltif Lahfid, et al.. The effect of strain on the crystallinity of carbonaceous matter: Application of Raman spectroscopy to deformation experiments. Tectonophysics, 2023, 869, pp.230126. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230126⟩. ⟨insu-04304094⟩
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