Micromechanics of brittle faulting and cataclastic flow in Tavel limestone

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1158-1169

  Vajdova, Veronika ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a   Natalie Chen, Tzu Mo ^a   Wong, Teng fong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental; Limestone; Micromechanics; Microstructure; Pore collapse; Shear failure

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CATACLASIS; CATACLASTIC FLOW; COMPRESSIVE DEFORMATIONS; CONFINING PRESSURES; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DEFORMED SAMPLES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL; LARGE PORES; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; MICROCRACK INITIATION; PORE COLLAPSE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SHEAR FAILURE; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS;

CARBONATES; COALESCENCE; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LIMESTONE; MICROCRACKS; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CATACLASITE; COMPRESSION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DILATANCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAULTING; FRACTURE INITIATION; LIMESTONE; MICROCRACK; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY;

EID: 77957157144     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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