Brittle creep, damage, and time to failure in rocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Amitrano, David ^a   Helmstetter, Agnès ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; CRACK; CREEP; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 34547907488     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004252     Document Type: Review

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