Effect of mechanical interactions on the scaling of fracture length and aperture

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6624, 1997, Pages 482-484

  Renshaw, C E ^a   Park, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE LENGTH; FRACTURE MECHANISM; ROCK MECHANICS; SCALE EFFECT;

ICELAND, KRAFLA;

EID: 0030618040     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386482a0     Document Type: Article

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