Fractography: Fracture Topography As a Tool in Fracture Mechanics And Stress Analysis (Geological Society Special Publication)

Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Fractography: fracture topography as a tool in fracture mechanics and stress analysis. An introduction......Page 7 Surface morphology characteristics of rock discontinuities with particular reference to their genesis......Page 17 The anisotropy of surface roughness measured using a digital photogrammetric technique......Page 33 Fractographic features on joints of KTB drill cores (Bavaria, Germany)......Page 44 Observations on fractography with laboratory experiments for geologists......Page 64 The character of rock surfaces formed in Mode I......Page 88 Fractography and fracture characterization in the Permo-Triassic sandstones and the Lower Palaeozoic Basement, West Cumbria, UK......Page 102 Fracture characterization in the Chalk and the evolution of the Thanet monocline, Kent, southern England......Page 153 Fracture surface markings in Liassic limestone at Lavernock Point, South Wales......Page 179 The expression of hydraulic fracturing in rocks and sediments......Page 191 Spatial change in joint geometry in the Chalk of eastern England......Page 201 Factors controlling joint spacing in interbedded sedimentary rocks: integrating numerical models with field observations from the Monterey Formation, USA......Page 218 Index......Page 237 Backcover......Page 243