Role of transient water pressure in quarrying: A subglacial experiment using acoustic emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Cohen, D ^a   Hooyer, T S ^b   Iverson, N R ^a   Thomason, J F ^a   Jackson, M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Norwegian Water Resources   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BEDROCK; CRACK PROPAGATION; EROSION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION; GRANITE; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUARRYING; STRESS CHANGE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ENGABREEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34147149303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000439     Document Type: Article

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