Successive cracking steps of a limestone highlighted by ultrasonic wave propagation

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-78

  Couvreur, J F ^a   Vervoort, A ^b   King, M S ^c   Lousberg, E ^a   Thimus, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASONIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

LIMESTONE;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; LIMESTONE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0035061521     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2001.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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