Sheet fractures, other stress forms and some engineering implications

Geomorphology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 13-27

  Vidal Romani J R ^a   Twidale, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A tents; Compressive stress; Engineering implications; Seismicity; Sheet fractures

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FRACTURE; QUARRYING; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

EID: 0010852460     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00070-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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