Fracturing of ice under compression creep as revealed by a multifractal analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24005-24016

  Weiss, Jérôme ^a,b   Gay, Michel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Domaine Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ICE MECHANICS;

EID: 0032505817     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01758     Document Type: Article

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