Influence of thermal and mechanical cracks on permeability and elastic wave velocities in a basalt from Mt. Etna volcano subjected to elevated pressure

Tectonophysics

Volumn 503, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 60-74

  Fortin, J ^a   Stanchits, S ^b   Vinciguerra, S ^c   Gueguen Y ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Basalt; Elastic wave velocity; Fracture; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; BASALT; CRACK CLOSURE; ELASTIC WAVES; FRACTURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PILES; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SOURCES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BASALT; COMPRESSION; CRACK; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC WAVE; HYDROSTATICS; LOADING; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRIAXIAL TEST; WAVE VELOCITY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79951634123     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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