How close to failure is a granite rock mass at a 5 km depth?

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-66

  Cornet, F H ^a   Berard Th ^a   Bourouis, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Microseismicity; Rock mass failure; Stress heterogeneity; Stress profiles; Visco elasticity

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRANITE; PORE PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

FOCAL MECHANISMS; GRANITE ROCK MASS; KAISER EFFECT; MICROSEISMICITY; STRESS HETEROGENEITY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; GRANITE; KAISER EFFECT; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33750324832     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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