Analysis of crack movements observed in an alpine bedrock cliff

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 883-891

  Ishikawa, Mamoru ^a   Kurashige, Yoshimasa ^b   Hirakawa, Kazuomi ^c  

^a FrontierObsResSystGlobalChange   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brittle failure; Crack movements; Frost wedging; Stress intensity factor; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LANDFORMS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

BEDROCKS; CRITICAL CRACK EXTENSION; ROCK BREAKAGE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BEDROCK; BRITTLE FAILURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FROST HEAVE; ROCK MECHANICS;

ASIA; DAISETSU MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 3543047311     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1076     Document Type: Article

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