The relationships among brittleness, deformation behavior, and transport properties in mudstones: An example from the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Ishii, Eiichi ^b   Sanada, Hiroyuki ^a   Funaki, Hironori ^a   Sugita, Yutaka ^a   Kurikami, Hiroshi ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan   (Japan)

^c Headquarters of Fukushima Partnership Operations   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MUDSTONE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

HOKKAIDO; HORONOBE; JAPAN;

EID: 80053295698     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008279     Document Type: Article

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