Rock Joints The Mechanical Genesis /

• Main Author: Mandl, Georg (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Mineralogy.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Civil Engineering.

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 flui...

Table of Contents:

• Experimental Evidence and Elementary Theory
• Hydraulic Fractures
• Termination and Spacing of Tension Joints in Layered Rocks
• Multiple Sets of Tension Joints
• Shear Joints
• Joints in Faulting and Folding
• Échelon Joints and Veins.