Effects of desiccation on the elastic wave velocities of clay-rocks

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1267-1272

  Ghorbani, Ahmad ^a,b   Zamora, Maria ^a   Cosenza, Philippe ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Clay rocks; Desiccation; Drying; P wave velocity; S wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SUPERSATURATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CLAY ROCKS; COMPRESSIONAL; DESATURATION; DESICCATION; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; HEATING PHASE; P-WAVE VELOCITY; ROCK SAMPLE; S-WAVE VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AMBIENT AIR; CLAY SOIL; DESICCATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTIC WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; S-WAVE; SATURATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR MODULUS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER CONTENT; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 70449706033     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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