Spacing of fractures in a multilayer at fracture saturation

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Bai, Taixu ^a   Pollard, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS;

FRACTURE SATURATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033296562     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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