Rock fractures in geological processes /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gudmundsson, Agust
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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.
Eau souterraine > Écoulement.
Mécanique des roches.
Hydrogéologie.
Mécanique des fluides.
Eau souterraine > Écoulement > Modèles mathématiques.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Soil & Rock.
Fluid mechanics
Geology, Structural
Groundwater flow
Groundwater flow > Mathematical models
Hydrogeology
Rock mechanics
Rocks > Fracture
Rocks > Fracture > Mathematical models
Klüftung
Gebirgsmechanik
Bruchmechanik
Grundwasserstrom
Strukturgeologie
Strömungsmechanik
Bergmekanik.
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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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