In-situ electrical conductivity and permeability of mid-crustal rocks from the KTB drilling: Consequences for high conductive layers in the earth crust

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-85

  Nover, G ^a   Heikamp, S ^a   Meurer, H J ^a   Freund, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EARTH CRUST; HYDROFRACTURE; LEAST SQUARES FITS; VOLUME CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONDUCTIVITY; CRUST; PERMEABILITY;

GERMANY, BAVARIA, KTB;

EID: 0031804228     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006592016176     Document Type: Article

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