Faulting of rocks in a three-dimensional stress field by micro-anticracks

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ghaffari, H O ^a   Nasseri, M H B ^a   Young, R Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84901708433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05011     Document Type: Article

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