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
0521863929
9781139182027
1139182021
9781139190534
1139190539
9781139185622
1139185624
9780511975684
0511975686
9781139187930
1139187937
9786613382443
6613382442
128338244X
9781283382441
1139189239
9781139189231
1139183311
9781139183314
Physical Description1 online resource (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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