Coexisting brittle-ductile fracturing mechanisms in fault zones of the upper crust level

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2107-2112

  Liu, Junlai ^a,b   Yu, Baoxiang ^a   Weber, K ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Calcite rocks; Ductile fracturing; Fluids; Namibia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005923544     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02884932     Document Type: Article

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