Permeability of triaxially compressed sandstone: Influence of deformation and strain-rate on permeability

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 889-908

  Heiland, Juliane ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Permeability; Sandstone; Strain rate; Stress dependency; Triaxial compression

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0037401143     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012571     Document Type: Article

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