Comment on "A note on the scaling relations for opening mode fractures in rock" by C.H. Scholz

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1523-1524

  Olson, Jon E ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 80052971347     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.07.004     Document Type: Note

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