Loading configurations and driving mechanisms for joints based on the Griffith energy-balance concept

Tectonophysics

Volumn 256, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 253-277

  Engelder, Terry ^a   Fischer, Mark P ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELLING; DEAD WEIGHT LOAD; FIXED GRIP LOAD; GRIFFITH ENERGY-BALANCE CONCEPT; JOINT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0029767619     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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