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Pressure solution
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<h2 id="occurrence">Occurrence</h2> <p>Evidence for pressure solution has been described from sedimentary rocks that have only been affected by <a href="/facts/Compaction_(geology)/Pv3ntyLR">compaction</a>. The most common example of this is <a href="/facts/Bed_(geology)/vgEm2Y93">bedding plane</a> parallel <a href="/facts/Stylolite/AUXf7B5j">stylolites</a> developed in <a href="/facts/Carbonate_rock/pKYTxRkM">carbonates</a>. </p><p>In a tectonic manner, deformed rocks also show evidence of pressure solution including stylolites at a high angle to bedding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The process is also thought to be an important part of the development of <a href="/facts/Cleavage_(geology)/Ts2TbDap">cleavage</a>. </p> <h2 id="theoretical-models">Theoretical models</h2> <p>A theoretical model was formulated by Rutter, and a recent mathematical analysis was carried out, leading to the so-called Fowler–Yang equations,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> which can explain the transition behaviour of pressure solution. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fick%2527s_laws_of_diffusion/2guvKD4T">Fick's laws of diffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fold_(geology)/WWDL3kjf">Fold (geology)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rock_microstructure/rsR0CG11">Rock microstructure</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stylolite/AUXf7B5j">Stylolite</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Terzaghi%2527s_principle/EHeTwwqA">Terzaghi's principle</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Rutter, E.H. (1983). "Pressure solution in nature, theory and experiment". Journal of the Geological Society, London. 140 (5): 725–740. Bibcode:1983JGSoc.140..725R. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.140.5.0725. S2CID 128543175. Retrieved 24 November 2010. <a href="http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/140/5/725" target="_blank">http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/140/5/725</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Rutter, E. H. (1976). "The kinetics of rock deformation by pressure solution". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 283 (1312): 203–219. Bibcode:1976RSPTA.283..203R. doi:10.1098/rsta.1976.0079. JSTOR 74639. S2CID 109869067. <a href="/wiki/Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society_A" target="_blank">/wiki/Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society_A</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Yang, X. S. (2000). "Pressure solution in sedimentary basins: effect of temperature gradient". Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 176 (2): 233–243. arXiv:1003.4970. Bibcode:2000E&PSL.176..233Y. doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00321-0. S2CID 119161222. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Railsback, L.B.; Andrews L.M. (1995). "Tectonic stylolites in the 'undeformed' Cumberland Plateau of Southern Tennessee". Journal of Structural Geology. 17 (6): 911–915. Bibcode:1995JSG....17..911B. doi:10.1016/0191-8141(94)00127-L. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Fowler, A. C.; Yang X. S. (1999). "Pressure solution and viscous compaction in sedimentary basins" (PDF). J. Geophys. Res. B104 (B6): 12898–12997. Bibcode:1999JGR...10412989F. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.190.7826. doi:10.1029/1998jb900029. Retrieved 24 November 2010. <a href="http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/fowler/papers/1999.3.pdf" target="_blank">http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/fowler/papers/1999.3.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>