Fracture analysis in the Boom Clay (URF, Mol, Belgium)

Aardkundige Mededelingen

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 245-248

  Dehandschutter, B ^a   Sintubin, M ^a   Vandenberghe, N ^a   Vandycke, S ^b   Gaviglio, P ^c   Wouters, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d Belgian Agency for Management of Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boom Clay; Dynamics; Faulting; Jointing; Kinematics; Slickensides

Indexed keywords

BOOM CLAY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; TUNNELING;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0041701830     PISSN: 02507803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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