Characterization of pore structure and strain localization in Majella limestone by X-ray computed tomography and digital image correlation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 701-719

  Ji, Yuntao ^a   Hall, Stephen A ^b   Baud, Patrick ^c   Wong, Teng fong ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Creep and deformation; Elasticity and anelasticity; Microstructures; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSITY; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

CREEP AND DEFORMATIONS; D. DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC); DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; ELASTICITY AND ANELASTICITY; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

LIMESTONE;

ANELASTICITY; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CARBONATE ROCK; COMPACTION; CONFINING PRESSURE; CORRELATION; CREEP; DIGITAL IMAGE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85037123528     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu414     Document Type: Article

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