@misc{meyer1861archeopteryx1,
    author = "Meyer, H. von",
    title = "Archeopteryx lithographica (Vogel-Feder) und Pterodactylus von Solnhofen",
    year = "1861",
    howpublished = "Neues Jb. Miner. Geol. Palaeont., p. 678- 679",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Meyer, H. von, 1861, Archeopteryx lithographica (Vogel-Feder) und Pterodactylus von Solnhofen: Neues Jb. Miner. Geol. Palaeont., p. 678- 679.}"
}

@misc{wagner1861neue3,
    author = "Wagner, A",
    title = "Neue beitrage zur kenntnis der urweltlichen fauna des lithographischen Schiefers; V Compsognathus longipes",
    year = "1861",
    howpublished = "Wagn. Abh. bayer Akad. Wiss., v. 9, p. 30-38",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Wagner, A., 1861, Neue beitrage zur kenntnis der urweltlichen fauna des lithographischen Schiefers; V Compsognathus longipes: Wagn. Abh. bayer Akad. Wiss., v. 9, p. 30-38.}"
}

@misc{viohl1984geology2,
    author = "Viohl, G",
    title = "Geology of the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones and the Habitat of Archeopteryx, in Hecht, M. K., Ostrom, J. H., Viohl, G., and Wellnhofer, P., eds., The Beginnings of Birds",
    year = "1984",
    howpublished = "Eichstatt, Fruende des Jura-Museums, p. 31-44",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Viohl, G., 1984, Geology of the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones and the Habitat of Archeopteryx, in Hecht, M. K., Ostrom, J. H., Viohl, G., and Wellnhofer, P., eds., The Beginnings of Birds: Eichstatt, Fruende des Jura-Museums, p. 31-44.}"
}

@article{gregor1987the,
    author = "GREGOR, H",
    title = "The beginnings of birds",
    year = "1987",
    journal = "Earth-Science Reviews",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-8252(87)90036-5",
    doi = "10.1016/0012-8252(87)90036-5",
    number = "3",
    pages = "229-229",
    volume = "24"
}

@article{swinburne1988the,
    author = "Swinburne, N.H.M.",
    title = "The solnhofen limestone and the preservation of Archaeopteryx",
    year = "1988",
    journal = "Trends in Ecology \& Evolution",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(88)90062-6",
    doi = "10.1016/0169-5347(88)90062-6",
    number = "10",
    pages = "274-277",
    volume = "3"
}

@article{casey1998texture,
    author = "Casey, Martin and Kunze, Karsten and Olgaard, David L.",
    title = "Texture of Solnhofen limestone deformed to high strains in torsion",
    year = "1998",
    journal = "Journal of Structural Geology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8141(97)00058-8",
    doi = "10.1016/s0191-8141(97)00058-8",
    number = "2-3",
    pages = "255-267",
    volume = "20"
}

@article{baud2000dilatancy,
    author = "Baud, Patrick and Schubnel, Alexandre and Wong, Teng‐fong",
    title = "Dilatancy, compaction, and failure mode in Solnhofen limestone",
    year = "2000",
    journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth",
    abstract = "Failure mode is intimately related to porosity change, and whether deformation occurs in conjunction with dilatation or compaction has important implications on fluid transport processes. Laboratory studies on the inelastic and failure behavior of carbonate rocks have focused on the very porous and compact end‐members. In this study, experiments were conducted on the Solnhofen limestone of intermediate porosity to investigate the interplay of dilatancy and shear compaction in controlling the brittle‐ductile transition. Hydrostatic and triaxial compression experiments were conducted on nominally dry samples at confining pressures up to 435 MPa. Two conclusions can be drawn from our new data. First, shear‐enhanced compaction can be appreciable in a relatively compact rock. The compactive yield behavior of Solnhofen limestone samples (with initial porosities as low as 3\%) is phenomenologically similar to that of carbonate rocks, sandstone, and granular materials with porosities up to 40\%. Second, compactive cataclastic flow is commonly observed to be a transient phenomenon, in that the failure mode evolves with increasing strain to dilatant cataclastic flow and ultimately shear localization. It is therefore inappropriate to view stress‐induced compaction and dilatancy as mutually exclusive processes, especially when large strains are involved as in many geological settings. Several theoretical models were employed to interpret the micromechanics of the brittle‐ductile transition. The laboratory data on the onset of shear‐enhanced compaction are in reasonable agreement with Curran and Carroll's [1979] plastic pore collapse model. In the transitional regime, the Stroh [1957] model for microcrack nucleation due to dislocation pileup can be used to analyze the transition from shear‐enhanced compaction to dilatant cataclastic flow. In the brittle faulting regime the wing crack model provides a consistent description of the effect of grain size on the onset of dilatancy and brittle faulting.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1029/2000jb900133",
    doi = "10.1029/2000jb900133",
    number = "B8",
    pages = "19289-19303",
    volume = "105"
}

@article{frid2009electric,
    author = "Frid, V. and Goldbaum, J. and Rabinovitch, A. and Bahat, D.",
    title = "Electric polarization induced by mechanical loading of Solnhofen limestone",
    year = "2009",
    journal = "Philosophical Magazine Letters",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1080/09500830903022636",
    doi = "10.1080/09500830903022636",
    number = "7",
    pages = "453-463",
    volume = "89"
}

@article{crossref2012the,
    title = "The Velikovsky heresies: Worlds in collision and ancient catastrophes revisited",
    year = "2012",
    journal = "Choice Reviews Online",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.49-6260",
    doi = "10.5860/choice.49-6260",
    number = "11",
    pages = "49-6260-49-6260",
    volume = "49"
}

@incollection{selden2012the,
    author = "Selden, Paul A. and Nudds, John R.",
    title = "The Solnhofen Limestone",
    year = "2012",
    booktitle = "Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-404629-0.50013-1",
    doi = "10.1016/b978-0-12-404629-0.50013-1",
    pages = "156-167"
}

@article{kölblebert2020the,
    author = "Kölbl-Ebert, Martina",
    title = "The Lithographic Limestone of the Solnhofen Archipelago around Eichstätt and Solnhofen",
    year = "2020",
    journal = "Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1127/jmogv/102/0011",
    doi = "10.1127/jmogv/102/0011",
    pages = "221-242",
    volume = "102"
}

@article{french2022thermally,
    author = "French, Melodie E. and Zhu, Wenlu and Xiao, Xiaohui and Evans, Brian and Prior, David J.",
    title = "Thermally Enhanced Water Weakening of the Solnhofen Limestone",
    year = "2022",
    journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth",
    abstract = "We report the strength and deformation behavior of Solnhofen limestone across its brittle (localized) to ductile (distributed) transition. We conducted conventional triaxial compression tests on water‐saturated and nominally dry cores of Solnhofen at temperatures up to 200°C and effective confining pressures up to 350 MPa to evaluate the roles of pore water and temperature on the deformation mechanisms of low‐porosity limestone at conditions of the upper crust. The combined effects of water and temperature on deformation and strength of the limestone are complex and reflect the concurrent operation of microfracturing, which is enhanced by both pore water and temperature, crystal plasticity, which is enhanced by temperature but not pore water, and likely also dissolution which is enhanced by water but inhibited by temperature. At ambient temperature, water causes a small reduction in the yield strength and the strength in the ductile field, but has no measurable effect of the brittle peak strength or the effective pressure of the brittle to ductile transition. At elevated temperatures, water‐saturated Solnhofen exhibits weakening in both the brittle and ductile fields up to 200 MPa effective pressure. In addition, the combined effects of pore water and temperature reduce the pressure of the brittle to ductile transition dramatically. We propose that under dry conditions temperature reduces the pressure of the brittle to ductile transition by enhancing crystal plasticity and under water‐saturated conditions enhanced microcracking is responsible. At effective pressures greater than 200 MPa, ductile deformation becomes temperature strengthening indicating the onset of dissolution mediated deformation.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jb022742",
    doi = "10.1029/2021jb022742",
    number = "3",
    volume = "127"
}

@misc{feng2026semibrittle,
    author = "Feng, Wei and Brantut, Nicolas",
    title = "Semi-brittle deformation of Solnhofen limestone: Initial porosity effects on strength",
    year = "2026",
    abstract = "Semi-brittle deformation, characterized by the concurrent operation of cataclasis and crystal plasticity, plays a key role in constraining the strength of the middle crust. While the effects of temperature, pressure, fluid-abundance/pressure, and material properties (e.g., grain size) have been relatively well studied, the role of initial porosity in semi-brittle deformation remains poorly understood. Here, we performed a series of triaxial compression experiments on dry samples of Solnhofen limestone, which has an initial porosity of \textasciitilde 5.6\% and an isotropic texture. Experiments were conducted at a range of confining pressures (Pc=30-300 MPa), temperatures (T=25 to 600 °C) and a constant strain rate of 1×10-5 s-1. Under these conditions, Solnhofen limestone mainly deforms in the semi-brittle regime associated with strain hardening, and brittle fracturing only occurs at low pressures (Pc≤50 MPa) and T",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-12335",
    doi = "10.5194/egusphere-egu26-12335"
}