SiO2 Hydrolytic Weakening

General

• J.P. Brodholt, K. Refson, "An ab initio study of hydrogen in forsterite and a possible mechanism for hydrolytic weakening", Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 105 (2000) 18977-18982.

• A. Post, J. Tullis, "The rate of water penetration in experimentally deformed quartzite: implications for hydrolytic weakening", Tectonophysics 295 (1998) 117-137.

• J.D.C. McConnell, "Ab initio studies on water related species in quartz and their role in weakening under stress", Phase Transitions 61 (1997) 19-39.

• R. Jones, S. Oberg, M.I. Heggie, P. Tole, "Ab initio calculation of the structure of molecular water in quartz", Philosophical Magazine Letters 66 (1992) 61-6.

• A.K. Kronenberg, S.H. Kirby, R.D. Aines, G.R. Rossman, "Solubility and Diffusional Uptake of Hydrogen in Quartz at High Water Pressures - Implications for Hydrolytic Weakening", Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth and Planets 91 (1986) 2723-2744.

• M. Heggie, R. Jones, "Models of hydrolytic weakening in quartz", Philosophical Magazine A 53 (1986) L65-70.

• J. Tullis, R.A. Yund, "Hydrolytic weakening of quartz aggregates: the effects of water and pressure on recovery", Geophys. Res. Lett. 16 (1989) 1343-6.

Hydrolysis

• M. Wilson, T.R. Walsh, "Hydrolysis of the amorphous silica surface. I. Structure and dynamics of the dry surface", Journal of Chemical Physics 113, 9180-9190 (2000).

• T.R. Walsh, M. Wilson, A.P. Sutton, "Hydrolysis of the amorphous silica surface. II. Calculation of activation barriers and mechanisms", Journal of Chemical Physics 113, 9191-9201 (2000).

Vibrational

Mechanical Properties

• S.H. Kirby, A.K. Kronenberg, "Hydrolytic weakening of quartz: uptake of molecular water and the role of microfracturing", EOS Trans. AGU, 65, 177 (1994).

Microstructures

• P. Cordier and J.C. Doukhan, "Plasticity and dissociation of dislocations in water-poor quartz", Philosophical Magazine A 72 (1995) 497-514.

• M.I. Heggie, "A molecular water pump in quartz dislocations", Nature 355 (1992) 337-9.

Structural Properties