Effect of topographic curvature on near-surface stresses and application to sheeting joints

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Martel, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EROSION; FRACTURE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; ROCKS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TENSILE STRESS;

MASSIVE ROCKS; NEAR-SURFACE STRESSES; SHEETING JOINTS; TOPOGRAPHIC CURVATURE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CURVATURE; JOINT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 33644629427     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024710     Document Type: Article

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