Analysis of tectonic structures and excavation induced fractures in the Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri underground rock laboratory (Switzerland)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-210

  Nussbaum, Christophe ^a   Bossart, Paul ^a   Amann, Florian ^b   Aubourg, Charles ^c  

^a Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Dogger; EDZ; Jura Mountains; Magnetic anisotropy; Self sealing; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BEDDING PLANE; EXCAVATION; FOLDING; FOLIATION; FRACTURE; HOST ROCK; IN SITU TEST; KINEMATICS; LINEATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MASS BALANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEALING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST; WASTE DISPOSAL;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80053357495     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-011-0070-4     Document Type: Article

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