Hydrostatic pore fluid pressure to 9 km depth - Fluid inclusion evidence from the KTB deep drill hole

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3273-3276

  Grawinke, Andrea ^a   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLS; HYDRAULICS; ROCK DRILLS; FLUIDS; PRESSURE; ROCK DRILLING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WELL DRILLING;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; FLUID INCLUSION; FREE FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC TESTS; LOW SALINITY; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; ROCK STRENGTH;

MINERALOGY; PORE PRESSURE;

KTB DEEP DRILL HOLE;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLUID INCLUSION; PORE FLUID PRESSURE;

GERMANY, BAVARIA, KTB DRILLHOLE;

EID: 0031390864     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97gl03309     Document Type: Article

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