Rock Joints (eBook)

The Mechanical Genesis

Georg Mandl (Autor)

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2005 | 2005
VIII, 222 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-26457-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Rock Joints deals exclusively with the mechanical genesis of joints in rocks. It is aimed at a coherent, critical and comprehensible presentation of the underlying mechanical processes of various types of joints and joint systems. Special care is taken to elucidate and quantify the role of high fluid pressures in the formation of joints. The background is an offshoot of the author's courses on 'Genesis of Rock Joints' in the Department of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling at the Technical University of Graz, Austria.

Inhalt

Preface 5
Contents 6
Chapter 1 Introduction 8
Chapter 2 Experimental Evidence and Elementary Theory 17
Chapter 3 Hydraulic Fractures 32
Chapter 4 Termination and Spacing of Tension Joints in Layered Rocks 54
Chapter 5 Multiple Sets of Tension Joints 106
Chapter 6 Shear Joints 130
Chapter 7 Joints in Faulting and Folding 158
Chapter 8 Échelon Joints and Veins 190
Appendix The Stress Circle 209
References 218
Index 221

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2005
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 222 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: Fault • Formation • Fracture • Hydraulic Intrusion • Rock Mechanics • Tectonophysics • Tension Fractures
• ISBN-10: 3-540-26457-4 / 3540264574
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-26457-6 / 9783540264576