Typical phases of pre-failure damage in granitic rocks under differential compression

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 261, Issue , 2006, Pages 11-29

  Lei, Xinglin ^a,b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; MICROCRACK; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 33750363897     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.261.01.02     Document Type: Article

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