The effects of stress and fluid pressure on the anisotropy of interconnected cracks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 149-156

  Tod, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cracked media

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRACK; FLUID PRESSURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; STRESS;

EID: 0036242598     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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