Anticrack inclusion model for compaction bands in sandstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Sternlof, Kurt R ^a   Rudnicki, John W ^b   Pollard, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; INCLUSION; SANDSTONE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 30144439991     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003764     Document Type: Article

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