Fracture roughness and gouge distribution of a granite shear band

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Amitrano, David ^a   Schmittbuhl, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Fracture; Gouge; Roughness; Self affinity

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; ROUGHNESS; SHEAR BAND; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0038065651     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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