Permeability of upper oceanic basement on the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge determined with drill-string packer experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B1, 2000, Pages 897-912

  Becker, Keir ^a   Fisher, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; PERMEABILITY;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034627630     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900250     Document Type: Article

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