Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth Année : 2024

Mechanical Impact of Heterogeneously Distributed H 2 O on Quartz Deformation

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Abstract In order to identify relations between mechanical behavior, deformation mechanisms, microstructural properties, and H 2 O distribution, Tana‐quartzite samples with added H 2 O ranging from 0 to 0.5 wt.% were deformed by axial shortening at constant displacement rates, at 900°C and 1 GPa, reaching up to ∼30% bulk strain. Samples with lower quantities of added H 2 O (0.1 and 0.2 wt.%) were in average ∼30 MPa weaker than the as‐is samples with no added H 2 O. In contrast, samples with more than 0.2 wt.% added H 2 O revealed more variable mechanical behavior, showing either weaker or stronger trend. The weaker samples showed strain localization in their central parts in the vicinity of the thermocouple, that is, the hottest parts of the samples, whereas the stronger samples showed localization in their upper, slightly colder parts. Bulk deformation is accommodated by crystal plasticity and dissolution‐precipitation processes. Distribution of H 2 O in our samples revealed systematic decrease of H 2 O content in the interiors of original grains, caused by increasing strain and H 2 O draining into grain boundary regions. With increasing content of added H 2 O, the quartz recrystallization gradually changes from subgrain‐rotation‐dominated to crack‐induced nucleation, along with increasing quantity of melt/fluid pockets. The unexpected strain localization in the upper parts of stronger samples most likely results from mode‐1‐cracking that led to drainage of grain boundaries (GB) due to the crack dilatancy effect, and inhibited dissolution‐precipitation in the hottest part of the samples next to the thermocouple. The locus of deformation is then shifted to colder regions where more H 2 O is available along GB.
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insu-04883415 , version 1 (13-01-2025)

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Petar Pongrac, Petr Jeřábek, Holger Stünitz, Hugues Raimbourg, Martin Racek, et al.. Mechanical Impact of Heterogeneously Distributed H 2 O on Quartz Deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2024, 129 (8), ⟨10.1029/2023JB027566⟩. ⟨insu-04883415⟩
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