Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems

Geotribology reveals the application of a tribological approach to natural, e.g. nonmechanical inorganic tribosystems in the Earth's crust. It aims an integrated view over frictional phenomena in the Earth's crust and tracks the interweaving between the immense seismotectonic energy brough...

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Main Authors: Emilia Assenova, Evgenia Kozhoukharova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Balkan Scientific Centre 2022-09-01
Series:Tribology and Materials
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Online Access:https://www.tribomat.net/archive/2022/2022-03/TM-2022-03-05.pdf
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description Geotribology reveals the application of a tribological approach to natural, e.g. nonmechanical inorganic tribosystems in the Earth's crust. It aims an integrated view over frictional phenomena in the Earth's crust and tracks the interweaving between the immense seismotectonic energy brought in and generated in the geotribological zones, and the evolution of destructive and constructive contact processes ending with the emergence of new mineral structures preserving system's life. A tribological application concerns the convergent contact deformations in geological objects with different rheology, in the movement of tectonic plates, leading to the emergence of obduction relief structures. Convergent geotribological contacts are places of tectonic collision between large rock plates forming the planetary zones of most active, both seismic and volcanic activity. A typical example is the obduction and subduction zones of two ongoing rock plates, one pushing under the other. Studies of the contact process in geotribozones provide an opportunity for tribology to explain new phenomena in the variety of contact deformations and their full cycle of evolution. Considering the necessity of using a tribological approach to geology when describing friction-induced deformations, the role of rheology, mechanisms of preliminary contact displacement and distribution of energy and energy density in the contact body is shown.
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spelling doaj.art-a12e5a40f24e46ab948c1b14b9ba2f182023-01-08T07:57:13ZengBalkan Scientific CentreTribology and Materials2812-97172022-09-0113120127https://doi.org/10.46793/tribomat.2022.015Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systemsEmilia Assenova0Evgenia Kozhoukharova1Society of Bulgarian Tribologists, Sofia, BulgariaGeological Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BulgariaGeotribology reveals the application of a tribological approach to natural, e.g. nonmechanical inorganic tribosystems in the Earth's crust. It aims an integrated view over frictional phenomena in the Earth's crust and tracks the interweaving between the immense seismotectonic energy brought in and generated in the geotribological zones, and the evolution of destructive and constructive contact processes ending with the emergence of new mineral structures preserving system's life. A tribological application concerns the convergent contact deformations in geological objects with different rheology, in the movement of tectonic plates, leading to the emergence of obduction relief structures. Convergent geotribological contacts are places of tectonic collision between large rock plates forming the planetary zones of most active, both seismic and volcanic activity. A typical example is the obduction and subduction zones of two ongoing rock plates, one pushing under the other. Studies of the contact process in geotribozones provide an opportunity for tribology to explain new phenomena in the variety of contact deformations and their full cycle of evolution. Considering the necessity of using a tribological approach to geology when describing friction-induced deformations, the role of rheology, mechanisms of preliminary contact displacement and distribution of energy and energy density in the contact body is shown.https://www.tribomat.net/archive/2022/2022-03/TM-2022-03-05.pdfcontact deformationfrictiongeotribological zonesconvergent contacts
spellingShingle Emilia Assenova
Evgenia Kozhoukharova
Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
Tribology and Materials
contact deformation
friction
geotribological zones
convergent contacts
title Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
title_full Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
title_fullStr Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
title_full_unstemmed Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
title_short Friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
title_sort friction and deformation at convergent contacts in geotribological systems
topic contact deformation
friction
geotribological zones
convergent contacts
url https://www.tribomat.net/archive/2022/2022-03/TM-2022-03-05.pdf
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