Precursory localization and development of microfractures along the ultimate fracture plane in amphibolite under triaxial creep

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 865-868

  Satoh, Takashi ^a   Shivakumar, Karekal ^b   Nishizawa, Osamu ^a   Kusunose, Kinichiro ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ROCK MECHANICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFECTS; FRACTURE; ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CRACK INITIATION; CREEP TESTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS;

AE (ACOUSTIC EMISSION); DEGREE OF DAMAGES; LOCALIZATION ZONE; MACROSCOPIC DEFECTS; MICROFRACTURES; OCCURRENCE PATTERN; SOURCE LOCATION; TRIAXIAL CREEP EXPERIMENTS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ROCK MECHANICS;

AMPHIBOLITE; MICROFRACTURE DEVELOPMENT; PRECURSORY MICROFRACTURE LOCALIZATION; TRIAXIAL CREEP; ULTIMATE FRACTURE PLANE;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; AMPHIBOLITE; CREEP TEST; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; MICROFRACTURING; TRIAXIAL CREEP;

EID: 0029669362     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00739     Document Type: Article

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