Creep rupture at depth in a cold ice sheet
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1476-4687
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
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Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] At great depths beneath the surface of the Earth (500-700 km) where the pressure is of the order of 1010 Pa and high homologous temperatures prevail, classical laws of brittle failure do not apply. As an alternative to stress release by brittle fracture, rupture of the material may result when ...
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