Particle simulation of spontaneous crack generation associated with the laccolithic type of magma intrusion processes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1172-1193

  Zhao, Chongbin ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^b   Ord, A ^b   Peng, Shenglin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brittle rocks; Geological systems; Magma intrusion; Particle simulation method; Spontaneous crack generation

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BRITTLE ROCKS; CRACK GENERATION; CRACK PATTERNS; FLUID PARTICLES; GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MAGMA CHAMBERS; MAGMA INTRUSION; MAGMA PRESSURE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MOVING BOUNDARIES; PARTICLE SIMULATION METHOD; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; SOLID PARTICLES; SPONTANEOUS CRACK GENERATION; STIFFNESS RATIO; SURROUNDING ROCKS; UPPER CRUST;

CRACKS;

EID: 52649173325     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2287     Document Type: Article

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