Quasi-static fault growth and shear fracture energy in granite

Nature

Volumn 350, Issue 6313, 1991, Pages 39-42

  Lockner, D A ^a   Byerlee, J D ^a   Kuksenko, V ^b   Ponomarev, A ^c   Sidorin, A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BRITTLE FAILURE; FAULT GROWTH; FRACTURE NUCLEATION; GRANITE;

EID: 0026016998     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/350039a0     Document Type: Article

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