Mechanical properties of rocks: Pore pressure and scale effects

Revue de l'Institut Francais du Petrole

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-714

  Bouteca M ^a   Gueguen Y ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Effective stress; Mechanical properties; Pore pressure; Scale effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 4244007605     PISSN: 00202274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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