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General characteristics of strain relaxation: A note on sample preparation for large‐scale tests
Author(s) -
Engelder Terry
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl008i007p00687
Subject(s) - outcrop , strain (injury) , relaxation (psychology) , scale (ratio) , block (permutation group theory) , geology , sample (material) , mineralogy , materials science , geotechnical engineering , thermodynamics , mathematics , geomorphology , physics , geometry , biology , quantum mechanics , anatomy , neuroscience
Overcoring and large block tests indicate that intact rocks are disturbed upon removal from outcrops so that their laboratory properties are not the same as their in situ properties. The disturbance occurs during strain relaxation for which there are general characteristics as listed in this note.