Rock mechanical characterization of an argillaceous host rock of a potential radioactive waste repository

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-178

  Renner, J ^a,b   Hettkamp, T ^a   Rummel, F ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CREEP TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MARL; MICROMECHANICAL MODELS;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 0034344387     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030070005     Document Type: Article

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