Effect of Different Loading Conditions on the Nucleation and Development of Shear Zones Around Material Heterogeneities

Livia Nardini1, Luiz Morales2, Erik Rybacki1 and Georg Dresen1, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)ETH Zurich, Structural Geology and Tectonics Group, Geological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland