Initiation and propagation of compaction bands in dry and wet bentheim sandstone

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 5-7, 2009, Pages 843-868

  Stanchits, Sergei ^a   Fortin, Jerome ^b   Gueguen, Yves ^b   Dresen, Georg ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Compaction bands; Fracture; Rock

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; COMPACTION; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; LOADING; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SENSOR;

EID: 67649792067     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0478-1     Document Type: Article

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