Fabric symmetry of low anisotropic rocks inferred from ultrasonic sounding: Implications for the geomechanical models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 431, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 83-96

  Přikryl, Richard ^a   Lokajíček, Tomáš ^b   Pros, Zdeněk ^b   Klíma, Karel ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Confining pressure; Geomechanical properties; Mathematical approximation; P wave velocity; Rock fabric; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONFINING PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROCRACK; P-WAVE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; TESTING METHOD; TEXTURE;

EID: 33846472449     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.031     Document Type: Article

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