Loading paths to joint propagation during a tectonic cycle: an example from the Appalachian Plateau, U.S.A.

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1985, Pages 459-476

  Engelder, Terry ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; ROCK - FRACTURE;

JOINT PROPAGATION; LOADING PATHS; ROCK JOINTS; TECTONIC CYCLE;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 0021696434     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(85)90049-5     Document Type: Article

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