First-order description of the mechanical fracture behavior of fine-grained surficial marine sediments during gas bubble growth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Barry, M A ^a   Boudreau, B P ^a   Johnson, B D ^a   Reed, A H ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 78649997079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001833     Document Type: Article

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