Laboratory observations of the hydraulic behavior of a permeable fracture from 3800 m depth in the KTB pilot hole

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 18405-18416

  Durham, William B ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; DEEP DRILLING; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR; KTB BOREHOLE; PERMEABILITY;

GERMANY, BAVARIA, KTB SITE;

EID: 0031419809     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02813     Document Type: Article

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