Accelerating moment release of acoustic emission during rock deformation in the laboratory

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-199

  Wang, Lifeng ^a,d   Ma, Shengli ^b   Ma, Li ^c  

^a CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerating activity; Acoustic emission (AE); AIC; AMR model; Fractal structure; Rock deformation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; DEFORMATION; FAULT; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEATION; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 42549097748     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0305-0     Document Type: Article

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