Description

Fractures and joints are discontinuities in rocks across which there is no displacement.

Category

Category of FEP

Geosynthesis

Sub-category

Sub-category of FEP

Internal geodynamic events - crustal deformation

Ondraf Niras FEP Number

Ondraf Niras FEP Number

26

FEP Effects

Description of FEP Effects

Changes in stress field. Creation of preferential pathway; gradient and hydraulic conductivity changes.

Reference(s)

References Relevant to FEP

RD&D Plan

NEA TN2 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA TN2 List of Proposed IFEP Revisions [NEA/RWM/R(2013)8]

1.2.3 Deformation (elastic, plastic or brittle). 1.2.1 Tectonic movement.