Laboratory comparison of rock properties controlling geologic compression-driven extensile fracturing

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1137-1144

  Bessinger, Brad A ^a   Cook, Neville G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRACTURING MECHANISMS; LABORATORY STRENGTH; MICROSTRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; OPENING DISPLACEMENT; POROSITY MEASUREMENT; SPHERICAL INCLUSION; STRESS-STRAIN TESTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 2142817663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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