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Ductile Flow

Ductile Flow is a deformation mechanism characterized by the continuous, permanent distortion of materials under stress without fracture, distinguished from brittle failure by its capacity for extensive plastic strain mediated through dislocation motion and grain boundary sliding.

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Partially Molten Middle Crust Beneath Southern Tibet: Synthesis of Project INDEPTH Results

K. D. Nelson, Wenjin Zhao, L. D. Brown et al. · Science · 1996 · 1.2K citations

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Crustal channel flows: 1. Numerical models with applications to the tectonics of the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogen

Christopher Beaumont, Rebecca A. Jamieson, Mai H. Nguyen et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2004 · 689 citations · Full text

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Ductile extrusion of the Higher Himalayan Crystalline in Bhutan: evidence from quartz microfabrics

Djordje Grujić, M. Casey, Cameron Davidson et al. · Tectonophysics · 1996 · 474 citations

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Transfer, mixing and associated chemical and mechanical processes during the sliding of ductile materials

D.A. Rigney · Wear · 2000 · 459 citations

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Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: an introduction

Laurent Godin, Djordje Grujić, Richard D. Law et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications · 2006 · 440 citations

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Authors

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    M. P. Searle

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 822 citations

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  2. HK
    Hemin Koyi

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    4 publications · 406 citations

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  3. LG
    Laurent Godin

    Queen's University, Canada

    4 publications · 555 citations

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  4. KL
    King Lun Pang

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 119 citations

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  5. CB
    Christopher Beaumont

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    2K citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    453 citations

  4. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    4.7K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    499 citations

  7. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    670 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    549 citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    20 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Geological Society London Special Publications

    16 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Tectonophysics

    10 publications · 975 citations

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  5. Wear

    8 publications · 1K citations

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