Geohydromechanical processes in the Excavation Damaged Zone in crystalline rock, rock salt, and indurated and plastic clays - In the context of radioactive waste disposal

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-125

  Tsang, Chin Fu ^a   Bernier, F ^b   Davies, C ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EIG Euridice   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRACKS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EXCAVATION; FRACTURE; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; IN SITU PROCESSING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; ZONING;

EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONE (EDZ); EXCAVATION DISTURBED ZONE (EDZ); GEOHYDROMECHANICAL PROCESSES; ROCK SALTS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; EXCAVATION; HYDROMECHANICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 10944234687     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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