In the Rock Deformation laboratory at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev we study the dynamic processes in Earth's layers, from the shallow crust to the deep mantle.

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Utilizing a range of advanced experimental and analytical techniques, we delve into the micro to nano-scale aspects of the fundamental physics governing the deformation of Earth's layer-forming minerals. These deformation processes carry significant implications for the behavior of geological faults, earthquakes and the seismic cycle, the rigid lithosphere and underneath mantle flow and regions of plate interaction behind large-scale phenomena such as plate collision or divergence in subduction zones and continental rifts.