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.