Healing and sealing of a simulated fault gouge under hydrothermal conditions: implications for fault healing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B4, 1998, Pages 7421-7430

  Olsen, Martin P ^a,c   Scholz, Christopher H ^a   Léger, Albert ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GOUGE; FAULT HEALING; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0032502494     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03402     Document Type: Article

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