Accession Number:

ADA026770

Title:

Detailed Examination of Microstructure of Crystalline Rocks.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Apr 73-31 Mar 76,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Brace,W. F.

Report Date:

1976-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

The results can be broadly divided into two groups those which describe the electron microscopy and give the relation of microcavities to other petrographic features, and those which are more concerned with applications to specific properties or behavior.

Descriptors:

• *ROCK
• *POROSITY
• STRESSES
• ROCK MECHANICS
• FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• GRAIN BOUNDARIES
• MICROCRACKING

Subject Categories:

• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE