Common evolution of mechanical and transport properties in thermally cracked westerly granite at elevated hydrostatic pressure

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 5-7, 2009, Pages 927-948

  Nasseri, M H B ^a   Schubnel, A ^b   Benson, P M ^a,c   Young, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective medium theories; Fracture toughness; Hydrostatic stress; Thermal cracks; Transport properties

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRANITE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; PETROFABRIC; POROSITY; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 67649770224     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0485-2     Document Type: Article

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