Coupled evolution of damage and porosity in poroelastic media: Theory and applications to deformation of porous rocks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 701-713

  Hamiel, Y ^a,b   Lyakhovsky, V ^b   Agnon, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cracked media; Cracks; Deformation; Porosity; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRACKING; DAMAGE; FLUID FLOW; POROELASTICITY; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1642528855     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02172.x     Document Type: Article

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