Correlation of microseismic and chemical properties of brittle deformation in Locharbriggs sandstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Ojala, Ira O ^a   Ngwenya, Bryne T ^a   Main, Ian G ^a   Elphick, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Brittle fracture; Deformation rate; Silica dissolution; Stress corrosion; Subcritical crack growth

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMPRESSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0042324209     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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