期刊
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
卷 63, 期 -, 页码 68-75出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.03.001
关键词
Rock interface strength; Fracture toughness; Rock strength tests; Fracture propagation pathways; Magma intrusion
资金
- Bristol University Engineering Faculty Pump
Rock interface strengths have often been assumed to be zero in numerical and analogue models of fracture propagation and magma intrusion in the crust. Rock strength tests were performed to explore the role that rock interfaces have on the geometry and propagation dynamics of fluid-filled fractures in the crust. We used a 1 kN test machine to study 5 mm thick cuboidal specimens cut from a sandstone-siltstone rock core, where the strata were known to host magma intrusions and the rock interface between the units was intact. By measuring the load required to grow a crack running along the Ethological contact between the layers we calculate its fracture toughness K-c. The siltstone had an average K-c of 0.56 +/- 0.03 MPa m(1/2) compared to the sandstone at 0.42 +/- 0.02 MPa m(1/2). The rock interface had intermediate average fracture toughness to the parent units at 0.45 +/- 0.03 MPa m(1/2). These results have important implications on fracture propagation pathways through rocks, as well as for the geometry and propagation dynamics of magma intrusions in the crust. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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