Geomechanical models for clastic grain packing

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-349

  Hecht, Christian A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clastic rocks; Geomechanical behaviour; Grain packing; Sphere models

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GRAIN SIZE; PACKING; RED BED; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0842301357     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2440-y     Document Type: Article

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