Evolution of polygonal patterns in stratified mud during desiccation: The role of flaw distribution and layer boundaries

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-31

  Weinberger, R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Joints; Mud; Mud cracks; Nucleation; Polygonal fractures

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); NUCLEATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ADJACENT CRACKS; LAYER BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL MODEL; MUD CRACKS; NATURAL SORTING; PATTERN EVOLUTION; STRESS VARIATIONS; SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES;

CRACKS;

CRACKING; DESICCATION; MUD; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 84874961277     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0020:EOPPIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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