Experimental Rock Deformation - The Brittle Field - Paterson, M.S.; Wong, Teng-fong.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Experimental Procedures -- Experimental Studies on the Brittle Fracture Stress -- Griffith Theory of Brittle Failure -- Evolution of Physical Properties during Brittle Failure -- Micromechanics of Brittle Fracture -- The Role of Pore Fluids -- Friction and Sliding Phenomena -- Brittle-Ductile Transition.
Keywords: Structural geology; Geotechnical engineering; Mineralogy; Geology; Structural Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Mineralogy; Geology