Numerical simulations of the propagation path and the arrest of fluid-filled fractures in the earth

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-638

  Dahm, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Displacement discontinuity method; Fluid filled fracture; Fracture growth; Fracture propagation; Magma filled dykes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034034474     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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