Residual strain, wave speed and crack analysis of crystalline cores from the KTB-VB well

Tectonophysics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 219-234

  Zang, A ^a   Lienert, M ^b   Zinke, J ^b   Berckhemer, H ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Meteorol and Geophys   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DRILL CORE; FRACTURE PATTERN; KTB PILOT HOLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRAIN;

GERMANY, BAVARIA, KTB;

EID: 0030429801     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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