Thermomechanical forcing of deep rock slope deformation: 1. Conceptual study of a simplified slope

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gischig, Valentin S ^a   Moore, Jeffrey R ^a   Evans, Keith F ^a   Amann, Florian ^a   Loew, Simon ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; FATIGUE; HYSTERESIS; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MECHANICS; SLIP RATE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMOELASTICITY; THERMOMECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 80155144485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002006     Document Type: Article

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