Book contents
- Geologic Fracture Mechanics
- Geologic Fracture Mechanics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction to Geologic Structural Discontinuities
- 2 Elastic Rock Rheology and Stress Concentration
- 3 Stress, Mohr Circles, and Deformation at Peak Strength
- 4 Cracks and Anticracks
- 5 Discontinuity Patterns and Their Interpretation
- 6 Faults
- 7 Deformation Bands
- 8 Fracture Mechanics: A Tour of Basic Principles
- 9 Beyond Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Answers to Selected Exercises
5 - Discontinuity Patterns and Their Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2019
- Geologic Fracture Mechanics
- Geologic Fracture Mechanics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction to Geologic Structural Discontinuities
- 2 Elastic Rock Rheology and Stress Concentration
- 3 Stress, Mohr Circles, and Deformation at Peak Strength
- 4 Cracks and Anticracks
- 5 Discontinuity Patterns and Their Interpretation
- 6 Faults
- 7 Deformation Bands
- 8 Fracture Mechanics: A Tour of Basic Principles
- 9 Beyond Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Answers to Selected Exercises
Summary
Why doesn’t one single, solitary structural discontinuity form and cut across a laboratory test specimen or an outcrop, rather than forming a network? Why isn’t the San Andreas Fault just a single, continuous strand? Why are echelon arrays formed by the different structure types, such as joints, faults, or deformation bands?
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- Geologic Fracture Mechanics , pp. 170 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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