Incomplete Crack Sealing Causes Localization of Fracturing in Hydrothermal Quartz Veins

Abstract Cyclic microfracturing and epitaxial crystal growth have long been recognized in crack‐seal veins, but an understanding of a single crack‐seal cycle is still missing. Here we present a phase‐field model that includes both fracture mechanics of crack propagation, and epitaxial crystal growth...

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Main Authors: Michael Späth, Janos L. Urai, Britta Nestler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098643
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