Recent experimental studies on unlithified sediments suggest that the compaction is in part viscous. At the basin scale and on a geological time scale, processes such as pressure solution can be approached by creep ...
Mantle rock studies provide evidence of interaction with upwelling magmas. In orogenic lherzolites, one of the most conspicuous effects of these interactions is the development of harzburgite and dunite bands. Recent studies ...
Natural hydrofracturing caused by overpressure plays an important role in geopressure evolution and hydrocarbon migration in petroliferous basins. Its mechanism is quite well understood in the case of artificial hydraulic ...