Sample dilation and fracture in response to high pore fluid pressure and strain rate in quartz-rich sandstone and siltstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  French, M E ^a   Boutt, D F ^b   Goodwin, L B ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILATION; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84859128229     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008707     Document Type: Article

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