Mechanical behavior and localized failure modes in a porous basalt from the Azores

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Loaiza, S ^a   Fortin, J ^a   Schubnel, A ^a   Gueguen, Y ^a   Vinciguerra, S ^b   Moreira, M ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPACTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; LOADING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; ROCK PRESSURE; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

BASALTIC ROCKS; COMPACTION BANDS; CONFINING PRESSURES; CRITICAL PRESSURES; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HIGH POROSITY; HYDROSTATIC LOADING; HYDROSTATIC TEST; LOCALIZED FAILURE; LOW CONFINING PRESSURE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; PORE COLLAPSE; PRE-EXISTING CRACK; PRESSURE DEPENDENT; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS; STRESS DROP; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; TRIAXIAL LOADING; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; YIELD SURFACE;

BASALT;

BASALT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROSTATICS; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST; UPPER CRUST;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84867555704     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053218     Document Type: Article

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