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Theoretical Methods for Wave Propagation across Jointed Rock Masses

Perino, A. ; Zhu, J. ; Li, J. ; Barla, G. ; Zhao, J.

In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2010, vol. 43, no. 6, p. 799-809

Université de Fribourg

Seasonally intermittent water flow through deep fractures in an Alpine Rock Ridge: Gemsstock, Central Swiss Alps

Phillips, Marcia ; Haberkorn, , Anna ; Draebing, Daniel ; Krautblatter, Michael ; Rhyner, Hansueli ; Kenner, Robert

In: Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2016, vol. 125, p. 117–127

Geological investigations and seismic refraction tomography reveal a series of 70° steep, parallel and continuous fractures at 2950 m asl within the Gemsstock rock ridge (Central Swiss Alps), at the lower fringe of alpine permafrost. Temperature measurements in a 40 m horizontal borehole through the base of the ridge show that whilst conductive heat transfer dominates within the rock mass,...