The stress dependent elastic properties of thermally induced microfractures in aeolian Rotliegend sandstone

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-332

  Macbeth, Colin ^a   Schuett, Hartmut ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stet Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; FRACTURE; HYSTERESIS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; STRESSES; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

AEOLIAN ROTLIEGEND SANDSTONE; GRAIN-GRAIN CONTACTS; THERMAL MICROFRACTURES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

COMPACTION; ELASTIC WAVE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HEATING; ROTLIEGENDES; SANDSTONE; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPERTY;

EID: 34250309201     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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