Failure mode and spatial distribution of damage in Rothbach sandstone in the brittle-ductile transition

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 851-868

  Bésuelle, Pierre ^a   Baud, Patrick ^b   Wong, Teng Fong ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation theory; Brittle ductile transition; Damage; Microscopy; Sandstone; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0037401239     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012569     Document Type: Article

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