Tensile Fracturing in Rocks Tectonofractographic and Electromagnetic Radiation Methods - Bahat, Dov.; Rabinovitch, Avinoam; Frid, Vladimir; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
From the contents: Fracture Physics: The Griffith Criterion; Nucleation; Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanisms; Dynamic Fracture; Subcritical Cracking -- Fracture Geology: Fractography and Tectonofractography; Uplift, Post-Uplift, Neotectonic and Surface Joints; Primary and Secondary Fractures -- Four Fracture Provinces in Sedimentary Rocks: The Appalachian Plateau; The Bristol Channel Basin; Zion National Park; Beer-Sheva Syncline, Israel; Comparison of Unrelated Fracture Provinces -- Jointing in Granites: The Cloos Model; Fracture in Granites from the North Bohemian Massif in the Lusatian Granodiorite Complex and the Erzgebirge; Joints in Granites from the South Bohemian Pluton; Joints in Granites from the Sierra Nevada Batholith in California; Fractographies - Quasi-Static and Dynamic Fractures; Comparative Jointing; Analysis of Fracture Velocity versus Stress Intensity Factor in the Borsov Joints; Velocity and Stress Intensity Manifestations of Fracture Propagation in Granites; New Fracture Areas in the Enchelon and Hackle Fringes on Joint Surfaces; The Index of Hackle Raggedness on Joint-Fringes; Drilling in-situ Fracture from the Rock -- Electromagnetic Radiation Induced in Fractured Materials: History of EMR Research; The EMR Model; EMR Pulses Induced by Rock Fracture; EMR and Material Elasticity; EMR and Percussion Drilling; EMR Detection; EMR Induced by Underground Rocks under Stress -- Assorted Problems in Fracture Geology: Regional Jointing; Systematic Joints; Joint-Length Distribution; Paleo-Fracture Stress; Fault Termination Zone; Fault-Joint Relationships; A New Fringe Characterization and Analysis.
Keywords: Structural geology; Engineering geology; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations; Hydraulics; Mineralogy; Geology; Geophysics; Hydrogeology; Structural Geology; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Mineralogy; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Hydrogeology