Assessment of the effects of sub-seismic faults on bulk permeabilities of reservoir sequences

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 127, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-114

  Walsh, J J ^a   Watterson, J ^a   Heath, A ^a   Gillespie, P A ^a   Childs, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032466906     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.127.01.08     Document Type: Article

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