Progressive microscopic damage associated with fault growth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Tamarkin, T ^a   Ougier Simonin, A ^a   Zhu, Wenlu ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKS; FAULTING; LOADING;

BRITTLE FAILURES; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; FAULT GROWTH; FAULT RUPTURES; FAULTING PROCESS; LOADING PATH; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; MEAN STRESS; MICROSCOPIC DAMAGE; MICROSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE; PEAK STRESS; POROUS ROCKS; POST-YIELDING; ROCK SAMPLE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

BRITTLE FAILURE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; MICROCRACK; MICROSTRUCTURE; RUPTURE;

EID: 84864723763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052487     Document Type: Article

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