Rock deformation needs to be quantified at high pressure. A description of the procedure to perform deformation experiments in a newly designed solid-medium Griggs-type apparatus is here given. This provides technological basis for future rheological studies at pressures up to 5 GPa.
Précigout, J., Stünitz, H., Pinquier, Y., Champallier, R., Schubnel, A. High-pressure, High-temperature Deformation Experiment Using the New Generation Griggs-type Apparatus. J. Vis. Exp. (134), e56841, doi:10.3791/56841 (2018).