The seismic response of fractures and the interrelations among fracture properties

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 787-802

  Pyrak Nolte, L J ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; SURFACE WAVES;

FRACTURED ROCKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0030423765     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-9062(96)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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