Decay of dynamic fracturing based on three-dimensional measurements of clastic-dike geometry

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 831-841

  Levi, Tsafrir ^a,b   Weinberger, Ram ^a   Eyal, Yehuda ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clastic dike; Dynamic fracturing; Fracture; Fracture tip; Scaling law

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC DIKE; DEAD SEA; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE VELOCITY; PLEISTOCENE; POWER RELATIONS; SMALL VARIATIONS; SOFT ROCKS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRACTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS;

ASPECT RATIO; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LEVEES; PRESSURE DROP; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE;

CLASTIC DIKE; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMICITY; SOFT ROCK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67650726504     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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