The effect of grain boundary water on deformation mechanisms and rheology of rocksalt during long-term deformation

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt 'SALTMECH6' - The Mechanical Behavior of Salt - Understanding of THMC Processes in Salt

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 149-158

  Urai, J L ^a   Spiers, C J ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CREEP; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRAPOLATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; DISLOCATION CREEPS; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLOW LAWS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LONG TERMS; LOW STRAIN RATES; MICROPHYSICS; MICROSCALE DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; MINING INDUSTRIES; NATURAL LABORATORIES; PRECIPITATION PROCESSES; PRESSURE SOLUTIONS; ROCK SALTS;

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EID: 38649117492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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