Uniaxial compaction creep of wet gypsum aggregates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B1, 1997, Pages 875-891

  De Meer, Siese ^a,b   Spiers, Christopher J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CREEP; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GYPSUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE SOLUTION;

EID: 0030749579     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02481     Document Type: Article

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