05 Rock-Mass Gsi
05 Rock-Mass Gsi
05 Rock-Mass Gsi
Simon Löw
Chair of Engineering Geology
Federal Institute of Technology ETH
Overview
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Basic Principles of Tectonic Rock Deformation
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Basic Principles of Tectonic Rock Deformation
EF
QP
Mylonite
Increasing Strain Sibson, 1977
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Basic Principles of Tectonic Rock Deformation
500 micrometer
Basic Principles of
Tectonic Rock
Deformation
Zangerl, 2002
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Basic Principles of Tectonic Rock Deformation
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Basic Principles of Tectonic Rock Deformation
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Basic Principles of Tectonic Rock Deformation
Bürgi, 2001
Clay/Marl
Development
(Kinematics) of Fault
Zones depends on:
•Stress Regime
Granite •Rock Type
•Heterogeneity
•Fluids
•Strain Rate
Limestone
Huber and Huber-Aleffi, 1990
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Properties of Faults
and Fault Zones
Properties of Faults
and Fault Zones
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Properties of Faults
and Fault Zones
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Properties of Faults and Fault Zones
Properties of Faults
and Fault Zones
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Properties of Faults and Fault Zones
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Properties of Faults and Fault Zones: Central Alps
Lützenkirchen 2002
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Properties of Faults and Fault Zones: Central Alps
Lützenkirchen 2002
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Properties of Joints and Joint Systems:
Formation Mechanisms
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Properties of Joints and Joint Systems:
Joint Surface Morphology
Suppe 1985
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Properties of Joints and Joint Systems:
Shape and Dimensions of Joints
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Properties of Joints and Joint Systems:
Joints Sets and Patterns
Ytredal 1985
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Properties of Joints and
Joint Systems:
Joint Sets and Patterns
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Interaction with Rock
Mass Properties
Mainly Jointing
Mainly Faulting
Intact Rock
Strongly Foliated Rock (ductile)
Strongly Fractured Rock
Laws et al. 2002 Cohesionless Zone („Gauge“)
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Interaction with Rock Mass Properties
Zangerl 2002
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Interaction with Rock Mass Properties:
The Problem of Prediction
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Summary and Conclusions
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