The future of failure: Stress or strain?

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 939-948

  Watterson, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR STRUCTURES; SHEAR ZONES;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRAIN; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032692977     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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