Briefly describe how time, temperature, mineralogy, and confining pressure affect the way a rock will deform when the differential stresses on the rock exceed the strength of the rock
What will be an ideal response?
Increasing time, temperature, and confining pressure independently or together tends to increase the likelihood of ductile deformation while brittle deformation is more likely when all of those factors are low. Mineralogy will determine how much pressure, temperature, and time is needed before a material will be ductile instead of brittle.
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