Comparison of the microfracture localization in granite between fracturation and slip of a preexisting macroscopic healed joint by acoustic emission measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B5, 2001, Pages 8687-8698

  Jouniaux, Laurence ^a,d   Masuda, Koji ^b   Lei, Xinglin ^b   Nishizawa, Osamu ^b   Kusunose, Kinichiro ^b   Liu, Liqiang ^c,e   Ma, Wentao ^c,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GRANITE;

EID: 0034952287     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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