Observe, explore, simplify and quantify. The role of experimental physics in geology
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Observe, explore, simplify and quantify.The role of experimental physics in geology
Dag Kristian Dysthe
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Experiments and geological processes
• Geological processes– Are slow: mountain building, basin subsidence,
weathering, continental subduction• Leave only ”frozen states” for observation
– Are explosive: Earth quakes, volcanoes, venting– Involve hard (large stresses needed) and hot
materials– Require heavy equipment and patience for direct
experiments on real rocks
Because 3D, confinement and high pressure impedes good experimental techniques
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Experiments and geological processes• Similarity and scaling
– Geometrically similar models where governing parameters scale equally
Extrusion in complicated setting
• Complex, not complicated– Simplify complicated
geology until only complexity remains
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Extrusion simplified and quantified
glass glass
plastic material Slip line=fracture=ductile/brittletransition
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COESQA• Choose
– Phenomena, patterns, processes to study• Observe
– Field work with a physicists glasses• Explore
– Perform simple experiments with different materials to explore possible processes and practical materials
• Simplify– Boundary conditions, materials, few processes
• Quantify– Use high resolution techniques for extrordinary data sets:
• Control environment and excitation• Optical imaging, dilatometry, interferometry, stress imaging, infrared
imaging, balances, Lego, Xray reflectometry, AFM, Raman
• Apply– Insights about processes to geological context. Modelling
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Problem choice and application
• Choice criteria– What are the geologists interested in?– What problems can our method adress?– Is there an application of our results? (We seldom
answer the questions the geologists asked to start with)
• Application to a complicated Nature through numerical simulation. Modellers need help with– Boundary conditions– Instabilities
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COESQA• Choose
– Phenomena, patterns, processes to study• Observe
– Field work with a physicists glasses• Explore
– Perform simple experiments with different materials to explore possible processes and practical materials
• Simplify– Boundary conditions, materials, few processes
• Quantify– Use high resolution techniques for extrordinary data sets:
• Control environment and excitation• Optical imaging, dilatometry, interferometry, stress imaging, infrared
imaging, balances, Lego, Xray reflectometry, AFM, Raman
• Apply– Insights about processes to geological context. Modelling
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CompactionCan an exceedingly booring subject become fun?
(yes, snowballs are made by compacting snow!)
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Demonstration
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Compaction
depthtime
(z) (t) ()
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Simplify• Uniaxial compaction, viscous round grains• Parameters:
– porosity– stress– t time or d/dt strain rate– g grain viscosity– friction coefficient
• Dimensional analysis:– =0+f(t/g,)– =0+f’(/(gd/dt),)– d/dt= (/g) f’’(,) = /e(,)
• Grain viscosity variability factor 1019
=> experiment with any size and stress that is practical
g
y
d/dt
Single grain viscosity
e
Effective viscosity
Does there exist a universal compaction curve, e(,)?
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Dimensional analysis
• Dimensions: LMT: []LMT=ML-3, LFT: []LFT=K-4FT2
• What is to be determined? -0
• Find governing parameters , g, t, d/dt
• Dimensions of governing parameters:[] = MLT-2, [g] = MLT-1, [t] = T, [] = 1, [d/dt] = T-1
• Number of independent dimensional gov. par.:[g]= [t] => 2 independent
• teorem:No. indep., dim. gov. par. = no. gov. par. – no. gov. par. with indep. dim.
= 4 – 2
=> -0=(t/g,)
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Scaling
• Scale bound: Process with governing parameter that does not scale or with limited range of scaling– Chemical processes (no scaling)– Diffusion (in liquids: factor 10-100)
• Scaling: Process with governing parameters that scale over a large range– Viscosity (14 orders of magnitude)
• Scale free: Self similar patterns e.g. fracture
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Compaction “microscopy”Porous piston
CCD- camera
Glass container/”envelope
”
Boilt spaghetti
oil
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Compaction of spagetti, constant load
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Compaction of Play-Doh, constant load, (Lego sensor)
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Compaction of Play-Doh, constant load
log 1
0(d
/dt)
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Compaction of salt and clay in brine, constant load
salt+clay+brine
time
Data collaps of different loads, grain sizes and clay content
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Universal compaction curve?
log10(t)
Spagetti Play-Doh Salt+clay
~ log(t) => Dramatic work hardening: e=g exp(/)
Revealed by high resolution measurements!
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Pressure Solution Creep
High stress
Low stressLow stress
• Dissolution at high stress surfaces
• Mass transport in fluid
• Precipitation at low stress surfaces
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Mechano-chemical processes• Chemical potential depends on stress• Viscosity governed by pressure solution creep (PSC)
– d/dt = (dz/dt)/Lg = s (D/Lg3) (ff variation
• – thickness of confined fluid 10?• s – solubility of mineral in water 104
• D – diffusion coefficient 10• (ff – effective stress 100•
= ds/d – stress sensitivity of solubility 1• Lg
-3 -> use small contacts and measure small displacements!
– Max solubility and stress, 100m contacts: dz/dt = 3 nm/h
• => Diffusion limited mechano-chemical processes require microscopic or nanoscopic methods
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Indentation experiments• Inert indenter• Constant load, F• Constant contact area, d2
• Constant temperature, T• Sensitive and stable
displacement, , measurements• Expected result: d/dt constant,
i.e. ~ t• Goal: study d/dt as function of F,
d, T, crystal, where does it precipitate…
gold
FF
d
NaCl
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Interface evolution in fluid transport controlled creep
• Measurements of indentation by Pressure Solution Creep (PSC): ~t1/3
• Measurements of interface structure in PSC: ~t1/3
• Coarsening in time as spinodal decomposition: ~t1/3
• Consistent power law behaviour in diffusion limited model
log( t)
log(
)
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
slo p e = 1/3
0 1 2 3log(t)0
1
2
log(
)
s lope=1/3
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Measurement of PSC indentation rate
10 m m
TW
TP
P PT
W
M
D
D C
T
10 m m
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Stress roughening –> coarsening –> new equilibrium?
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Unexpected phenomena revealed by high resolution data sets
• Universal scaling in transient creep
• Roughening and coarsening towards stressed equilibrium
• Compaction bands
=2.5 m =5 m =10 m
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Compaction “microscopy”Porous piston
CCD- camera
Glass container/”envelope
”
Boilt spaghetti
oil
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Stylolites
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Conclusion• Observe
– Field work with a physicists glasses
• Explore– Perform simple experiments with different materials to
explore possible processes and practical materials
• Simplify– Boundary conditions, materials, few processes
• Quantify– Use whatever high resolution technique necessary to
obtain extrordinary data sets:• Control environment and excitation• Optical imaging, dilatometry, interferometry, stress imaging,
infrared imaging, balances, Lego, Xray reflectometry, AFM, Raman