Failure mode and weakening effect of water on sandstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B7, 2000, Pages 16371-16389

  Baud, Patrick ^a   Zhu, Wenlu ^b   Wong, Teng Fong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MECHANISM; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; WATER;

EID: 0034631618     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900087     Document Type: Article

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