Microstructural control on the elastic properties of thermally cracked granite

Tectonophysics

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 95-104

  Reuschle T ^a   Gbaguidi Haore, S ^a   Darot, M ^a  

^a France and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic wave velocity; Effective medium; Granite; Microcracks; Thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; CRACKING; ELASTIC PROPERTY; GRANITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0042973858     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00179-3     Document Type: Article

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