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Several features common in sedimentary rocks which have been subjected to gravitational compaction or mountain-building movements can be explained in terms of “solution-transfer”, that is, redistribution of minerals by “pressure-solution” and “crystallization” (sometimes known as “Riecke's principle”). A physical explanation of the process based on non-hydrostatic thermodynamic theory is presented here, drawing attention to examples in tectonically deformed rocks.
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DURNEY, D. Solution-transfer, an Important Geological Deformation Mechanism. Nature 235, 315–317 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235315a0
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