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1987 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Strain and Stress

Author : Adolphe Nicolas

Published in: Principles of Rock Deformation

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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When rocks are subjected to exterior forces they are deformed and suffer displacements, translations and rotations. Deformation, in a narrow sense, is the change in form undergone by the rock body.

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Title
Strain and Stress
Author
Adolphe Nicolas
Copyright Year
1987
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Principles of Rock Deformation

Print ISBN: 978-90-277-2369-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-009-3743-7

Copyright Year: 1987

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3743-7_2