The evolution of fault-zone permeability and groundwater flow patterns within the Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande Rift, NM

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 69-70, Issue , 2000, Pages 565-568

  Person, M ^a   Goodwin, L B ^b   Rawlings, G ^b   Connell, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Faults; Numerical simulation; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CEMENTATION; FAULT ZONE PERMEABILITY;

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MIXING; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SEDIMENTS;

DIAGENESIS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034210894     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00061-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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