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...