Fault Mechanics and Transport Properties of Rocks - Brian Evans - Hardcover

The twenty-one papers in this volume revolve around William F. Brace's pioneering work which has defined many important research areas and opened questions which are still being investigated. The contributions on the themes of fault mechanics are transport properties in rocks are divided into four topics in which Brace's work had fundamental impact: * brittle failure of crustal rocks * permeability and flow * facture characterization and physical properties of rocks. * implications of rock mechanics on crustal tectonics. The five papers discussing brittle failure contain new insight into the micromechanics of failure and the strength of intact and granular rocks. Papers in the section on permeability and fluid flow summarize novel laboratory techniques to understand the transport melts, water and two phase fluids in rocks at high temperature and pressure and the rate at which they change. Work in section III reports innovative methods to characterize fractures in the laboratory and in the field. In the final portion of the book, ground-breaking ideas are proposed to interpret field measurements of stress and heat flow with laboratory data on the strength of rocks.Evans, Brian is the author of 'Fault Mechanics and Transport Properties of Rocks - Brian Evans - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780122437809 and ISBN 0122437802.