Fracture transmissivity as a function of normal and shear stress: First results in Opalinus Clay

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1960-1971

  Cuss, Robert J ^a   Milodowski, Antoni ^a   Harrington, Jon F ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argillaceous rock; Fracture flow; Normal stress; Opalinus Clay; Shear; Time dependency

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; FRACTURE FLOW; NORMAL STRESS; OPALINUS CLAY; SHEAR; TIME DEPENDENCY;

FRACTURE;

SHEAR FLOW;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; CLAY MINERAL; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR TEST; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 82955247924     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.080     Document Type: Article

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