Impact of thermo-mechanical properties on deformation behavior of potential host rock for nuclear waste disposal

William M Kibikas1, Stephen J Bauer1, R Choens2, Eyal Shalev3 and Vladimir Lyakhovsky3, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (3)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel