Changes

==Individual deformation mechanisms==

==Individual deformation mechanisms==

[[File:MechPart2.jpeg|300px|thumbnail|right|Simplistic illustration of different deformation mechanisms which produce the finite strain. Citation for different types of deformation mechanisms acquired from (Passchier and Trouw, 2005)<ref name=Micro-tectonics>Passchier, Cees; Trouw, Rudolph (2005). Micro-tectonics (5th ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 3-540-64003-7.</ref>]]Strain partitioning is also known as a procedure for decomposing the overall strain into individual [[deformation mechanisms]] which allowed for strain to be accommodated.<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /> This approach is performed from geometrical analysis of rocks on the grain - crystal scale.<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /> Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms incorporates those mechanisms which occur both simultaneously and/or subsequently as tectonic conditions evolve, as deformation mechanisms are a function of strain rate and pressure-temperature conditions.<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /><ref name=Evans&Dunne /> Performing such a procedure is important for structural and tectonic analysis as it provides parameters and constraints for constructing deformation models.<ref name=Evans&Dunne /><ref name=Mitra76>{{cite journal|last1=Mitra|first1=Shankar|title=A Quantitative Study of Deformation Mechanisms and Finite Strain in Quartzites|journal=Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology|date=1976|volume=59|pages=203–226}}</ref>   

[[File:MechPart2.jpeg|300px|thumbnail|right|Simplistic illustration of different deformation mechanisms which produce the finite strain. Citation for different types of deformation mechanisms acquired from (Passchier and Trouw, 2005)<ref name=Micro-tectonics>Passchier, Cees; Trouw, Rudolph (2005). Micro-tectonics (5th ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 3-540-64003-7.</ref>]]Strain partitioning is also known as a procedure for decomposing the overall strain into individual [[deformation mechanisms]] which allowed for strain to be accommodated.<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /> This approach is performed from geometrical analysis of rocks on the grain - crystal scale.<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /> Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms incorporates those mechanisms which occur both simultaneously and/or subsequently as tectonic conditions evolve, as deformation mechanisms are a function of strain rate and pressure-temperature conditions.<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /><ref name=Evans&Dunne /> Performing such a procedure is important for structural and tectonic analysis as it provides parameters and constraints for constructing deformation models.<ref name=Evans&Dunne /><ref name=Mitra76>Mitra, Shankar (1976). "A Quantitative Study of Deformation Mechanisms and Finite Strain in Quartzites". Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 59: 203–226.</ref>