The evolution of elastic moduli with increasing crack damage during cyclic stressing of a basalt from Mt. Etna volcano

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Heap, M J ^a   Vinciguerra, S ^b   Meredith, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Crack damage; Cyclic stressing; Elastic moduli; Etna basalt

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DEFORMATIONS; CRACK DAMAGE; CYCLIC STRESSING; DEEP RESERVOIRS; ETNA BASALT; KEY PARAMETERS; LOADING CYCLES; MEMORY EFFECTS; MICROSEISMICITY; MT. ETNA; OUTPUT ONLY; POISSON'S RATIOS; REPEATED CYCLES; REPEATED STRESS CYCLES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; TECTONIC STRESS; THERMAL STRESSING; VOLCANIC EDIFICES; VOLCANO-TECTONIC SEISMICITIES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; BASALT; BUILDINGS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; POISSON RATIO; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TECTONICS; UNLOADING; VOLCANOES;

ELASTIC MODULI;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BASALT; CRACK; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349229154     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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