True triaxial strength, deformability, and brittle failure of granodiorite from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1199-1207

  Lee, Hikweon ^a,b   Haimson, Bezalel C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brittle failure; Deformability; Rock strength; True triaxial test

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; DEFORMATION; GRANODIORITE; ROCK MECHANICS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRENGTH;

EID: 80053132495     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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