A coupled hydro-mechanical model is presented tomodel fluid driven fracturing in layered porous rocks. In the model the solid elastic continuum is described by a discrete element approach coupled with a fluid continuum grid that is used to solve Darcy based pressure diffusion. The model assumes poro-elasto-plastic effects and yields real time dynamic aspects of the fracturing and effective stre...

Introduction Baumgardner (1986, 1990, 1994a, 1994b) has advanced the proposition that the essential process responsible for the large-scale tectonic changes contemporaneous with the Genesis Flood was runaway subduction of the pre-Flood oceanic lithosphere. Precursory to the runaway would be some pattern of stress concentration and shear zone formation in the pre-Flood lithosphere, concentrated ...

Following accretion of southern Siberian microcontinents to the compositions reveal up to one order of magnitude variation of some trace elements and ratios between suites, and show a progressive Siberian craton in the Early Paleozoic, five cycles of K-rich silicic magmatism, progressively decaying in volume, occurred on batholithic change in trace element concentration with decreasing age. Pla...

Abst rac t -Large parts of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt consist of Neoproterozoic nappes of ophiolite and island-arc volcanic rocks. Beneath these nappes metamorphic basement domes are exposed in tectonic w indows such as the Meatiq basement. The mineral and whole rock chemistry of amphibol i tes included in the teconical ly lowermost granitoid gneiss, within the metasedimentary cover of...

tectonic processes are major factors controlling landform development in tectonically active areas. in order to evaluate quantitative measurement of tectonic activities in the alamarvdasht basin in the south of iran, six different morphological indices including stream-gradient index (sl), drainage basin asymmetry (af), hypsometric integral (hi), valley floor width-valley height ratio (vf), dra...

the study area is located in the northeast of iran. miankuhi formation is 500m thick and comprises homogeneous shales, brown granular sandstone and siltstone. in this study, 45 samples were taken from miankuhi shales and sandstones in order to determine their tectonic origin by using a polarizing microscope. samples were analysed by x-ray fluorescence (xrf) method to determine their chemical co...

The three-dimensional shapes of tectonic plates that sink into the Earth’s mantle (slabs) are the starting point for a range of geoscience studies, from determining the forces driving the motion of tectonic plates, to potential seismic and tsunami hazards, to the sources of magmas beneath active volcanos. For many of these applications finite element methods are used to model the deformation or...

Morphotectonic investigations were carried out by the use of morphometric indices which serve as a tool of identification in regions with active tectonic warp. Landforms in active deformation area are produced from relations of tectonic and surficial processes. One of the most significant landforms underground is rivers that are extremely responsive to tectonic movements mainly uplift and tilti...