Faulting and fracturing of nonwelded bishop tuff, Eastern California: Deformation mechanisms in very porous materials in the vadose zone

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 602-623

  Evans, James P ^a   Bradbury, Kelly Keighley ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MATERIALS; WELDING;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; FRACTURES AND FAULTS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; TRANSGRANULAR FRACTURE;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 29744462099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.2.602     Document Type: Article

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