Scaling of fracture energies: The rationalization of different laboratory measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Xia, Kaiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TECTONICS;

DAMAGE ZONE ENERGY; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRICTIONAL CONTACTS; FRICTIONAL FRACTURE;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ENERGY; FRACTURE;

EID: 33644610876     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024446     Document Type: Article

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