Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-291-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-291-2017
Research article
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09 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 09 Mar 2017

Deformation in cemented mudrock (Callovo–Oxfordian Clay) by microcracking, granular flow and phyllosilicate plasticity: insights from triaxial deformation, broad ion beam polishing and scanning electron microscopy

Guillaume Desbois, Nadine Höhne, Janos L. Urai, Pierre Bésuelle, and Gioacchino Viggiani

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This work integrates measurements of the mechanical and transport properties with microstructures to understand deformation mechanisms in cemented mudrock. Cataclastic mechanisms are dominant down to nanometre scale. At low strain the fabric contains recognizable open fractures, while at high strain the reworked clay gouge shows resealing of initial fracture porosity. In the future, it will provide a microphysical basis for constitutive models to improve their extrapolation for long timescales.