Characteristics of fault zones in sandstones from NW England: Application to fault transmissibility

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 124, Issue , 1997, Pages 315-324

  Beach, Alastair ^a   Brown, J Lawson ^a   Welbon, Alastair I ^a   Mccallum, Jean E ^a   Brockbank, Paul ^a   Knott, Steven ^a  

^a Alastair Beach Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001411737     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.19     Document Type: Article

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