Comparing reservoir and outcrop specimens for mixed mode I-II fracture toughness of a limestone rock formation at various conditions

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-297

  Al Shayea, N ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ROCK FORMATION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0036797751     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-002-0027-z     Document Type: Article

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