Microcracking and Healing in Semibrittle Salt-Rock: Elastic and Plastic Behavior

Jihui Ding1, Frederick M Chester2, Judith Savaso Chester3, Xianda Shen4 and Chloe F Arson4, (1)Texas A&M University, Center for Tectonophysics and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, United States, (3)Texas A & M University, Center for Tectonophysics and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, (4)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States