Faulting in Brittle Rocks : an Introduction to the Mechanics of Tectonic Faults /

The book presents an introduction to the mechanical genesis of tectonic faults in the brittle crust of the Earth. In the first chapters mechanical concepts of rock (such as brittleness, stresses in a discontinuum, effective stress, buoyancy, poro-thermo-elasticiy, fracture modes and the correspondin...

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Main Author:	Mandl, G. (Georg)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Subjects:	Geography. Geology. Mines and mineral resources. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book