Faulting in Brittle Rocks: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tectonic Faults
Author:   Georg Mandl
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
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9783642085703


Pages:   434
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Faulting in Brittle Rocks: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tectonic Faults


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The book presents an introduction to the mechanical genesis of tectonic faults in the brittle crust of the Earth. In the first chapters mechanical concepts of rock (such as brittleness, stresses in a discontinuum, effective stress, buoyancy, poro-thermo-elasticiy, fracture modes and the corresponding failure and slip conditions) are discussed. The book focuses on the critical re-assessment of Coulomb-Mohr's theory of sliding deformation in rocks. The book concludes with a discourse on similarity and self-similarity of fault structures and a critical examination of the feasibility of scaled model experiments. Mathematical formalism is restricted to a minimum and is replaced, wherever possible, by the extremely useful graphic method of Mohr's stress circle which is introduced in a separate chapter. The book includes illustrative geological and geotechnical examples.

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Author:   Georg Mandl
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.754kg
ISBN:  

9783642085703


ISBN 10:   3642085709
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Stress and Strain in Rocks.- 2 The Stress Circle.- 3 The Brittle Regime.- 4 The Coulomb - Mohr Theory of Faulting.- 5 Poro - Thermo - Elasticity of Rocks.- 6 Fault Structures.- 7 Slip, Reactivation and Termination of Faults.- 8 Parallel Faults.- 9. Modelling of Faulting - Scaling Problems.- Autors.

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