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Crustal Fracturing

Crustal Fracturing is a geomechanical process in planetary tectonics characterized by the formation of discontinuities in the planetary crust due to stress exceeding the crustal material's tensile strength.

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Deep fracture fluids isolated in the crust since the Precambrian era

Greg Holland, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Lixin Li et al. · Nature · 2013 · 200 citations · Full text

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Structure of uppermost fast‐spread oceanic crust exposed at the Hess Deep Rift: Implications for subaxial processes at the East Pacific Rise

Jeffrey A. Karson, E. M. Klein, Stephen D. Hurst et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2002 · 133 citations · Full text

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Vredefort Ring Structure: Meteorite Impact Scar?

Robert S. Dietz · The Journal of Geology · 1961 · 132 citations

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How pressure solution creep and fracturing processes interact in the upper crust to make it behave in both a brittle and viscous manner

Jean‐Pierre Gratier, François Renard, Pierre Labaume · Journal of Structural Geology · 1999 · 128 citations

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Crustal deformation dynamics and stress evolution during seamount subduction: High‐resolution 3‐D numerical modeling

Jonas B. Ruh, Valentı́ Sallarès, César R. Ranero et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2016 · 116 citations · Full text

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    Donald R. Lowe

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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    Christopher R. J. Kilburn

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  3. RA
    Richard A. Schultz

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  4. TO
    Takamoto Okudaira

    Osaka City University, Japan

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  5. SS
    Shinjana Sen

    Indira Gandhi National Open University, India

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    125 citations

  2. Geociencias Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    152 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    322 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    323 citations

  5. Osaka City University

    Osaka, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    86 citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    129 citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    273 citations

  8. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    162 citations

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  1. The Journal of Geology

    JG · 4 publications · 361 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 120 citations

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  3. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    3 publications · 170 citations

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  4. Journal of Structural Geology

    3 publications · 202 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    2 publications · 164 citations

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