#ecsmonday
#ecsmonday on BS #22

A series of new #experiments is conducted by Natalia Nevskaya (CH/US) to understand the #nucleation of #polymineralic #shearzones and shows weak behavior due to the activation of diss–precip. #creep:

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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BS #19

Katherine Billings (US) conducts #deformationexperiments to understand the #evolution of #mica layers to #ultramylonitic microstructures in #shearzones, from mica grain size reduction to #phasemixing. Check it out:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#myfault #structuralgeology #crust
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday on BS #18
Which node is the most important in the #fracturenetwork to determine the preferential #fluidpath?
Check out the example from the #SwissAlps by Ana Paula Burgoa Tanaka et al. (CH):

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#structuralgeology #2danalysis #graphtheory #topology #fracture
September 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday on bluesky 17

Katherine Billings (US) conducts #deformation #experiments to understand mechanisms of #mica layer #disaggregation and phase mixing at high #strains. Here are the results:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#myfault #understanding #structuralgeology #deformationzone
September 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BS #16

Filippo Porta et al. (IT) give a great example of using Digital Outcrop Modelling and #fieldmapping to characterise #fracture networks. Check out their example and interpretation from Elba Island, Italy:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#structuralgeology #drones #uncertainties #fault
September 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BS #15 🤩

Sandro Truttmann et al. (CH) exploit the relation between the size distributions of pre-existing #fractures and #earthquakes to decipher the #seismic deformation processes.
Check it out:
se.copernicus.org/articles/16/...

#paperalert #solidearth #doessizematter
September 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BS #14

Nora Holden et al. (NOR) encourage studying the syn-rift #stratigraphy to improve the understanding of the sealing potential of #faults:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#co2storage #paperalert #structuralgeology #geology #subsurface #scenarios
August 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BS 13
Jae Hoon Kim (ROK) reveals that #seismic ruptures are likely initiated by increased pore-fluid #pressure within the #brittle-plasitic transition zone of the Yecheon #ShearZone, South Korea.

Check it out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#structuralgeology #metamorphic
August 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday on BS #12

África Gamisel-Muzás et al. (ES) identified 8 #magnetic zones with different features to provide insights into the #structural and #geological anatomy of the #Pyrenees. Check it out:

doi.org/10.5194/se-1...

#paperalert #deepgeology #tectonics
August 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on Bluesky#11

Complex #geology and extreme #topography are great #challenges to conducting #seismic surveys. However, S. Zappalá et al. (SE) faced these limitations to reveal and constrain #faults and channels in #Greece.
Check it out:
doi.org/10.5194/se-1...

#paperalert #smartexplorer
June 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday #10

Gaétan Milesi et al. (FR) used structural observation, 40Ar/39Ar #dating and chlorite thermometry, to understand ductile and brittle #deformation at the major #faultzones in the Eastern #Pyrenees. How do they overcome the presence of K-fsp within fault gouge:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
June 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #9

Cyrill Labry et al. (IT) highlight the importance of #deformationbands on #fluidflow in an alternating siliciclastic-carbonate sequence, using a #multidisciplinary toolset. Check it out:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#paperalert #structuralgeology #myfault
June 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BlueSky #8

#Deformation of #soft-sediments before #diagenesis? Check out one of the rare interpretations of structures within mass-transport deposits by Clara Costa Polanski et al. (BR):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#myfold #paperalert #structuralgeology #geology #unfolding
June 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM Everybody can reply
Let’s space up #ecsmonday and fly to #Mercury. Do you t(h)rust #landforms at other #planets?
Check out the interpretation by Stephan Loveless et al. (US):

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#paperalert #myfault #geology #planetaryscience #geomorphology
May 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #5
Interested in a microstructural analysis of glacier #salt? Check out what kind of #deformation lead to #grainsizereduction of the Kuh-e-Namak #diapir, Iran, by Julia Schmitz et al.:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#paperalert #structuralgeology #halite #rainwater #crystallisation
May 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM Everybody can reply
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #4
Creating #3Dmodels is important to test hypotheses of the #subsurface. Fernanda Alvarado-Neves et al. (AUS) constrained 4 models using the same input data. Check out their method and discussion:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#paperalert #dolorite #structuralgeology
April 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BlueSky #3

Santiago León et al. published a great example of the interaction of transpressional #tectonics, #volcanism and #fluvial processes. Check it out:
doi.org/10.1029/2024...

#paperalert #isotopes #sourcetosink
April 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BlueSky #2🤩

Check out the model and how Marina Galindos-Alfarache et al. (NOR) differentiate between pre- and syn-collisional structures during Caledonian orogeny⛰️:

doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

#paperalert #isotopes #geochemistry #tectonics
March 31, 2025 at 7:20 AM Everybody can reply
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#ecsmonday on BlueSky #1

Let´s start with Claudia Elijas-Parra et al. (UK) and her #cracking insights of #porousrocks. Check out their improved statistical #method to distinguish between different phases of initiating a microcrack network:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#myfault #shearband
March 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM Everybody can reply
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@egu.eu Early Career Scientists (ECS) from Tectonics and Structural Geology are posting now on BlueSky:
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March 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM Everybody can reply
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