Joint intensity in layered rocks: The unsaturated, saturated, supersaturated, and clustered classes

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-42

  Sagy, Amir ^a,b   Reches, Ze'ev ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE MEDIUM; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRICTION; JOINT; MODELING; SATURATED MEDIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUPERSATURATION; TECTONICS; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 55949084259     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES_55_1_33     Document Type: Article

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