• Dynamic Compressive Strength and Fragmentation in Felsic Crystalline Rocks 

      Rae, Auriol S. P.ORCIDiD; Kenkmann, ThomasORCIDiD; Padmanabha, Vivek; Poelchau, Michael H.; Schäfer, Frank (Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2020)
      Brittle deformation in rocks depends upon loading rate; with increasing rates, typically greater than ~102 s−1, rocks become significantly stronger and undergo increasingly severe fragmentation. Dynamic conditions required ...
    • Impact Experiment on Gneiss: The Effects of Foliation on Cratering Process 

      Agarwal, Amar; Poelchau, Michael H.; Kenkmann, ThomasORCIDiD; Rae, Auriol; Ebert, Matthias (Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2019)
      Two impact experiments were carried out on blocks of Maggia gneiss to assess the influence of mechanical target anisotropies on the cratering process. The experiments were done within the framework of Multidisciplinary ...