Deformation of natural gypsum rock: Mechanisms and questions

Engineering Geology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Hoxha, Dashnor ^a   Homand, Françoise ^a   Auvray, Christophe ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Creep activation energy; Effective stress; Mechanochemical reaction; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CREEP; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; MECHANISMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STRAIN RATE; STRESSES;

CREEP ACTIVATION ENERGY; EFFECTIVE STRESS; MECHANOCHEMICAL REACTION;

GYPSUM;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CREEP; DEFORMATION; GYPSUM; LABORATORY METHOD; PLASTICITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745763589     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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