A note on the scaling relations for opening mode fractures in rock

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1485-1487

  Scholz, Christopher H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dikes; Fractures; Joints; Scaling relations; Veins

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT STRESS; DIFFERENT MODES; DIKES; FRACTURE LENGTH; JOINTS; LINEAR DISPLACEMENTS; OPENING MODE FRACTURE; SCALE INVARIANT; SCALING RELATIONS; SHEAR CRACK; SQUARE-ROOT SCALING; VEINS;

FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LEVEES; ROCKS;

CRACKS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRACK; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; JOINT; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR; STRESS;

EID: 78649454764     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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