Microseismic monitoring of the B-sand hydraulic-fracture experiment at the DOE/GRI multisite project

SPE Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 242-249

  Warpinski, Norman R ^a   Wright, Timothy B ^b   Uhl, J E ^b   Engler, B P ^b   Drozda, P M ^b   Peterson, R E ^b   Branagan, P T ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0004402980     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/57593-pa     Document Type: Article

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