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STRESS SENSITIVITY OF STYLOLITE MORPHOLOGY (2009)

Stylolites are rough surfaces that form by localized stress-induced dissolution. Using a set of limestone rock samples collected at different depths from a vertical section in Cirque de Navacelles (France), in this paper is studied the influence of the lithostatic stress on the stylolites morphology on the basis of a recent morphogenesis model.

Reference:
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277 (2009) 394-398
Organization:
Tectonophysics, Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Becherweg 21, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
France
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