Acoustic emissions monitoring during inelastic deformation of porous sandstone: Comparison of three modes of deformation

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 5-7, 2009, Pages 823-841

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Cataclastic compaction; Compaction bands; Porous sandstone; Shear localization; Source mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; LOADING; MICROMECHANICS; MONITORING; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 67649831419     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0479-0     Document Type: Article

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