Simulation of unstable fault slip in granite using a bonded-particle model

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 159, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 221-245

  Hazzard, James F ^a   Collins, David S ^b   Pettitt, William S ^b   Young, R Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Sesimology Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Dynamic triggering; Microcrack; Numerical modelling; PFC; Source complexity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXCAVATION; FAULT SLIP; GRANITE; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MICROCRACK; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036137735     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8179-1_11     Document Type: Article

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