Acoustic emissions associated with the formation of fracture sets in sandstone under polyaxial stress conditions

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-102

  King, M S ^a   Pettitt, W S ^b   Haycox, J R ^c   Young, R P ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^c Claremont House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Imaging; Monitoring; Passive method; Rock physics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SENSORS; CROSLAND; CUBIC ROCKS; CUBIC SPECIMENS; FAILURE PROCESS; FLUID PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING; IN-SITU; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOADING CONDITION; MINOR PRINCIPAL STRESS; MOMENT TENSOR ANALYSIS; PARALLEL FRACTURES; PASSIVE METHODS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; ROCK PHYSICS; ROCK TESTING; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SHEAR FAILURE; SOURCE TYPES; STRESS CONDITION; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IN SITU PROCESSING; LOADING; MONITORING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CRACK PROPAGATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 83555161558     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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