Three-dimensional observations of faulting process in Westerly granite under uniaxial and triaxial conditions by X-ray CT scan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-305

  Kawakata, H ^a   Cho, A ^b   Kiyama, T ^c   Yanagidani, T ^a   Kusunose, K ^b   Shimada, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Geological Survey Japan   (Japan)

^c Mitsui Construction Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faulting; Stress drop; Three dimensional reconstruction; Triaxial testing; Uniaxial testing; X ray CT scan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULTING; GRANITE; LOADING TEST; TOMOGRAPHY; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0033490090     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00205-X     Document Type: Article

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