Permeability of a decollement zone: Results from a two-well experiment in the Barbados accretionary complex

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21403-21410

  Screaton, Elizabeth ^a   Carson, Bobb ^b   Davis, Earl ^c   Becker, Keir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; FAULT; FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0034633215     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900220     Document Type: Article

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