Micromechanics of brittle faulting and cataclastic flow in Alban Hills tuff

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Zhu, Wei ^a   Baud, Patrick ^b   Vinciguerra, Sergio ^c   Wong, Teng Fong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; CARBONATE ROCK; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAULTING; MICROCRACK; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TUFF;

ALBAN HILLS; APENNINES; ITALY; LAZIO;

EID: 79959838757     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008046     Document Type: Article

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