Faults and fractures in the Gallery 04 of the Mont Terri rock laboratory: Characterization, simulation and application

Engineering Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-51

  Thovert, J F ^a   Mourzenko, V V ^a   Adler, P M ^b   Nussbaum, C ^c   Pinettes, P ^d,e  

^a SP2MI   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Swisstopo Fabrique de Chaux   (Switzerland)

^d CEREGE   (France)

^e Geophy 5   (France)

Author keywords

Clay; Electrical; Faults; Reconstruction; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONES; DAMAGED ZONES; ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL FIELD; FAULTS; FRACTURE NETWORK; NUMBER OF DATUM; POROUS MEDIUM; RECONSTRUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

LAPLACE EQUATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTURE;

CLAYSTONE; DAMAGE MECHANICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TUNNEL; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78650561681     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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