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Description / Table of Contents: This collection of papers presents recent advances in the study of deformation mechanisms and rheology and their applications to tectonics. Many of the contributions exploit new petrofabric techniques, particularly electron backscatter diffraction, to help understand evolution of rock microstructure and mechanical properties. Papers in the first section (lattice preferred orientations and anisotropy) show a growing emphasis on the determination of elastic properties from petrofabrics, from which acoustic properties can be computed for comparison with in-situ seismic measurements. Such research will underpin geodynamic interpretation of large-scale active tectonics. Contributions in the second section (microstructures, mechanisms and rheology) study the relations between microstructural evolution during deformation and mechanical properties. Many of the papers explore how different mechanisms compete and interact to control the evolution of grain size and petrofabrics. Contributors make use of combinations of laboratory experiments, field studies and computational methods, and several relate microstructural and mechanical evolution to large-scale tectonic processes observed in nature.

Description / Table of Contents: This collection of papers presents recent advances in the study of deformation mechanisms and rheology and their applications to tectonics. Many of the contributions exploit new petrofabric techniques, particularly electron backscatter diffraction, to help understand evolution of rock microstructure and mechanical properties. Papers in the first section (lattice preferred orientations and anisotropy) show a growing emphasis on the determination of elastic properties from petrofabrics, from which acoustic properties can be computed for comparison with in-situ seismic measurements. Such research will underpin geodynamic interpretation of large-scale active tectonics. Contributions in the second section (microstructures, mechanisms and rheology) study the relations between microstructural evolution during deformation and mechanical properties. Many of the papers explore how different mechanisms compete and interact to control the evolution of grain size and petrofabrics. Contributors make use of combinations of laboratory experiments, field studies and computational methods, and several relate microstructural and mechanical evolution to large-scale tectonic processes observed in nature.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Geomechanical and petrophysical properties of mudrocks: introduction / Ernest Rutter, Julian Mecklenburgh and Kevin Taylor / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 1-13, 4 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.16 --- Petrophysical properties --- Determining the porosity of mudrocks using methodological pluralism / Andreas Busch, Kevin Schweinar, Niko Kampman, Ab Coorn, Vitaliy Pipich, Artem Feoktystov, Leon Leu, Alexandra Amann-Hildenbrand and Pieter Bertier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 15-38, 15 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.1 --- Microstructural controls on the pressure-dependent permeability of Whitby mudstone / Rosanne McKernan, Julian Mecklenburgh, Ernie Rutter and Kevin Taylor / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 39-66, 31 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.15 --- Hydraulic conductivity of bedding-parallel cracks in shale as a function of shear and normal stress / Ernest H. Rutter and Julian Mecklenburgh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 67-84, 30 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.9 --- The effect of microstructural heterogeneity on pore size distribution and permeability in Opalinus Clay (Mont Terri, Switzerland): insights from an integrated study of laboratory fluid flow and pore morphology from BIB-SEM images / T. Philipp, A. Amann-Hildenbrand, B. Laurich, G. Desbois, R. Littke and J. L. Urai / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 85-106, 15 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.3 --- Stress-dependence of porosity and permeability of the Upper Jurassic Bossier shale: an experimental study / R. Fink, B. M. Krooss and A. Amann-Hildenbrand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 107-130, 15 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.2 --- Gas transport properties through intact and fractured Callovo-Oxfordian mudstones / Jon F. Harrington, Robert J. Cuss and Jean Talandier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 131-154, 3 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.7 --- Modelling of CO2 diffusion and related poro-elastic effects in a smectite-rich cap rock above a reservoir used for CO2 storage / Hendrik M. Wentinck and Andreas Busch / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 155-173, 15 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.4 --- Microstructure and mineralogy --- Correlative multi-scale imaging of shales: a review and future perspectives / Lin Ma, Anne-Laure Fauchille, Patrick J. Dowey, Fernando Figueroa Pilz, Loic Courtois, Kevin G. Taylor and Peter D. Lee / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 175-199, 2 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.11 --- Water vapour sorption on mudrocks / Timo Seemann, Pieter Bertier, Bernhard M. Krooss and Helge Stanjek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 201-233, 10 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.8 --- Mineralogical characterization of coal samples relevant to coal bed methane porosity and permeability concerns / C. Cuff, M. Corkeron, C. E. Rasmussen, A. Bush and K. Camuti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 235-252, 4 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.13 --- The importance of illitic minerals in shale instability and in unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs / M. J. Wilson, L. Wilson and M. V. Shaldybin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 253-269, 31 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.14 --- The influence of diagenetic and mineralogical factors on the breakdown and geotechnical properties of mudrocks / John C. Cripps and Mourice A. Czerewko / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 271-293, 2 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.10 --- Fracture --- Effect of temperature on the fracture toughness of anisotropic shale and other rocks / Michael R. Chandler, Philip G. Meredith, Nicolas Brantut and Brian R. Crawford / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 295-303, 3 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.6 --- Strain superposition and fault stability during sequential hydraulic fracturing / T. R. Harper / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 305-326, 15 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.5 --- Integrating induced seismicity with rock mechanics: a conceptual model for the 2011 Preese Hall fracture development and induced seismicity / Rob Westaway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 454, 327-359, 31 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP454.12