11 July 2026: TimeMan project: the book
Everything Flows, But How?
Following the completion of the ERC Advanced Grant TimeMan, we are pleased to make available Everything Flows, But How? Plasticity Across Scales in Minerals, a synthesis of nearly fifteen years of research carried out through the successive ERC Advanced Grants RheoMan and TimeMan.
Rather than presenting the results of TimeMan in isolation, this volume highlights the scientific continuity between the two projects. RheoMan established a multiscale framework linking elementary deformation mechanisms to the rheology of Earth's mantle through atomistic modelling, dislocation dynamics, and continuum approaches. TimeMan extended this framework by introducing advanced transmission electron microscopy and in situ nanomechanical testing, providing direct experimental access to deformation mechanisms operating at the nanoscale. Together, these complementary approaches offer a coherent, mechanism-based description of plasticity in minerals across scales.
The book combines tutorial chapters, methodological reviews, and research syntheses covering crystal defects, deformation mechanisms, grain boundaries, amorphization, creep, and their implications for the dynamics of the Earth's interior. It is intended both as a synthesis of the scientific achievements of the two ERC projects and as a reference volume for researchers and students interested in mineral physics and multiscale materials science.
The electronic edition is freely available and can be accessed through several permanent repositories:
- Zenodo (DOI): 10.5281/zenodo.21349684 - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21349684
Citation: Cordier, P. (Ed.) (2026). Everything Flows, But How? Plasticity Across Scales in Minerals. Université de Lille (p. 278). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21349684
- HAL Open Archive: HAL Id: hal-05691567 (version 1), available through the HAL repository.