Permanent strain of thermal expansion and thermally induced microcracking in Inada granite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Lin, Weiren ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MICROCRACK; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOMECHANICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0037058208     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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