Imaging compaction band propagation in Diemelstadt sandstone using acoustic emission locations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Townend, Edward ^a   Thompson, Ben D ^b   Benson, Philip M ^a,b   Meredith, Philip G ^a   Baud, Patrick ^c   Young, R Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; SANDSTONE;

B-VALUE; COMPACTION BAND PROPAGATION; COMPACTION BANDS; CONFINING PRESSURES; HYPERION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRI-AXIAL TESTING;

COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; CONFINING PRESSURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PRESSURE EFFECT; SANDSTONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

HYPERION;

EID: 53749091411     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034723     Document Type: Article

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