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Rock Mechanics

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Rock mechanics is defined as “the fields of study devoted to understanding the basic processes of rock deformation and their technological significance”.

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Correspondence to Hongqi Liu .

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Liu, H. (2017). Rock Mechanics. In: Principles and Applications of Well Logging. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53383-3_8

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