Surface features of uniaxial tensile fractures and their relation to rock anisotropy in Inada granite

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-107

  Fujii, Yukiyasu ^a   Takemura, Takato ^b   Takahashi, Manabu ^b   Lin, Weiren ^c  

^a FUKADA GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microcracks; Mineral ratio; Photogrammetry; Surface topography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKS; MINERALOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TENSILE STRESS;

MINERAL RATIO; ROCK-FORMING MINERAL GRAINS; STEREO-PHOTOGRAMMETRIC TECHNIQUE; UNIAXIAL TENSILE FRACTURE;

GRANITE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; MICROCRACK; ROCK MECHANICS; TENSILE STRESS; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 33750310171     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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