Rock fractures in geological processes

"Rock fractures control many of Earth's dynamic processes, including plate-boundary development, tectonic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fluid transport in the crust. An understanding of rock fractures is also essential for effective exploitation of natural resources such as ground w...

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Main Author Gudmundsson, Agust
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects
Rocks > Fracture.
Groundwater flow.
Rock mechanics.
Hydrogeology.
Geology, Structural.
Fluid mechanics.
Rocks > Fracture > Mathematical models.
Groundwater flow > Mathematical models.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780521863926
9781139182027
9781139190534
9781139185622
9780511975684
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xiv, 578 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Stress
  • 3. Displacement and strain
  • 4. Relation between stress and strain
  • 5. Loading of brittle rock to failure
  • 6. Stress concentration
  • 7. Theories of brittle failure of rocks
  • 8. Extension fractures and shear fractures
  • 9. Displacements and driving stresses of fractures
  • 10. Toughness and fracture mechanics
  • 11. Field analysis of extension fractures
  • 12. Field analysis of faults
  • 13. Evolution of extension fractures
  • 14. Evolution of faults
  • 15. Fluid transport in rocks: the basics
  • 16. Fluid transport in faults
  • 17. Fluid transport in hydrofractures.

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