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General characteristics of strain relaxation: A note on sample preparation for large‐scale tests

1981; American Geophysical Union; Volume: 8; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1029/gl008i007p00687

1944-8007

Terry Engelder,

Seismic Waves and Analysis

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.