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Strength, porosity, and permeability development during hydrostatic and shear loading of synthetic quartz-clay fault gouge by Crawford, B. R., Faulkner, D. R., Rutter, E. H.

“…The strength and permeability of fault zones must be quantified in order to accurately predict crustal strength and subsurface fluid migration. To this end, we…”
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Quantifying creep behaviour of clay-bearing rocks below the critical stress state for rapid failure; Mam Tor Landslide, Derbyshire, England by Rutter, E. H, Green, S

“…The Mam Tor landslide (Derbyshire, England) slips downhill at up to 0.5 m a-1, and offers an excellent opportunity to study time-dependent creep in mudstones…”
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Comparisons of water and argon permeability in natural clay-bearing fault gouge under high pressure at 20°C by Faulkner, D. R., Rutter, E. H.

“…Quantification of fluid transport through fault zones is critical for the understanding of fault mechanics and prediction of subsurface fluid flow. The…”
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Water Availability and Deformation Processes in Smectite‐Rich Gouges During Seismic Slip by Aretusini, S., Spagnuolo, E., Dalconi, M. C., Di Toro, G., Rutter, E. H.

“…Smectite clays occur in subduction zone fault cores at shallow depth (approximately 1 km; e.g., Japan Trench) and landslide décollements (e.g., Vajont, Italy,…”
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Flow of synthetic, wet, partially molten “granite” under undrained conditions: An experimental study by Rutter, E. H., Brodie, K. H., Irving, D. H.

“…Major problems in experimental studies of the flow of partially molten granitic rocks are (1) maintaining control of the grain size of the matrix of solid…”
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The effect of temperature, the nature of the pore fluid, and subyield differential stress on the permeability of phyllosilicate-rich fault gouge by Faulkner, D. R., Rutter, E. H.

“…Elevated temperatures and subyield deviatoric stresses were applied to oriented natural samples of clay‐bearing fault gouge under pressure in order to…”
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Experimental grain size-sensitive flow of hot-pressed Brazilian quartz aggregates by Rutter, E.H., Brodie, K.H.

“…Grain size-sensitive flow may be of particular importance in the flow of rocks in natural high-strain zones. Hot-pressed aggregates of synthetic,…”
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Experimental dehydration kinetics of serpentinite using pore volumometry by LLANA-FÚNEZ, S., BRODIE, K. H., RUTTER, E. H., ARKWRIGHT, J. C.

“…A series of dehydration experiments was carried out on both intact rock and cold‐pressed powdered samples of serpentinite at temperatures in the range 535–610…”
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Role of porosity and dehydration reaction on the deformation of hot-pressed serpentinite aggregates by Arkwright, J. C, Rutter, E. H, Brodie, K. H, Llana-Fúnez, S

“…Experimental deformation of hot-pressed powders of lizardite serpentinite was carried out to study the effect of the dehydration reaction to olivine+talc+water…”
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Experimental rock-on-rock frictional wear: Application to subglacial abrasion by Lee, A. G. G., Rutter, E. H.

“…Rock‐on‐rock wear under known normal loads was measured experimentally using 62 mm diameter rotating discs machined from a range of silicic rock types: one…”
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The application of critical state soil mechanics to the mechanical behaviour of porous sandstones by Cuss, R.J., Rutter, E.H., Holloway, R.F.

“…The mechanical properties of three cohesive sandstones of different porosities ( φ) and average grain diameters ( R) have been investigated. These were…”
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High-pressure-high-temperature seismic velocity structure of the midcrustal and lower crustal rocks of the Ivrea-Verbano zone and Serie dei Laghi, NW Italy by Khazanehdari, J., Rutter, E. H., Brodie, K. H.

“…The Ivrea‐Verbano zone and the adjacent Serie dei Laghi, in the inner arc of the western Alps (NW Italy), display an upended cross section through much of the…”
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Deformation mechanisms and rheology; why marble is weaker than quartzite by Brodie, K. H, Rutter, E. H

“…When deformed together in nature, calcite rocks invariably appear weaker and more ductile than quartz rocks. This can be reconciled with experimental flow data…”
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Structure and geological history of the Carboneras Fault Zone, SE Spain: Part of a stretching transform fault system by Rutter, E.H., Faulkner, D.R., Burgess, R.

“…The Carboneras Fault Zone (CFZ), is a major NE–SW trending tectonic lineament in SE Spain. Active from upper-Miocene to Recent times, it separates the volcanic…”
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Experimental observations of the mechanics of borehole failure in porous sandstone by Cuss, R.J., Rutter, E.H., Holloway, R.F.

“…To investigate borehole failure under hydrostatic stress in sandstone of varying porosity, experiments were conducted on three sandstone varieties with 2–5 mm…”
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On the internal structure and mechanics of large strike-slip fault zones: field observations of the Carboneras fault in southeastern Spain by Faulkner, D.R, Lewis, A.C, Rutter, E.H

“…Deciphering the internal structure of large fault zones is fundamental if a proper understanding is to be gained of their mechanical, hydrological and…”
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Exploring the influence of loading geometry on the plastic flow properties of geological materials: Results from combined torsion + axial compression tests on calcite rocks by Covey-Crump, S.J., Xiao, W.F., Mecklenburgh, J., Rutter, E.H., May, S.E.

“…For technical reasons, virtually all plastic deformation experiments on geological materials have been performed in either pure shear or simple shear. These…”
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Seismic velocity modelling of the Carboneras Fault Zone, SE Spain by Taylor, R.L., Rutter, E.H., Nippress, S.E.J., Brodie, K.H.

“…The Carboneras fault zone forms part of a major strike-slip fault system in SE Spain, striking NE–SW, and accommodating up to 40km displacement. It affects…”
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Pressure solution in nature, theory and experiment by Rutter, E. H

“…Some of the features of water-enhanced deformation of rocks by diffusive mass transfer (pressure solution) in nature which are pertinent to the…”
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Distribution of non-plane strain in experimental compression of short cylinders of Solnhofen limestone by Llana-Fúnez, Sergio, Rutter, Ernest H.

“…Axi-symmetric compression experiments on short cylinders (radius>length) have great potential for the investigation of different non-plane strain geometries…”
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