Characterization of rough-walled fractures in crystalline rocks

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 214, Issue , 2003, Pages 125-141

  Ogilvie, S R ^a   Isakov, E ^a   Taylor, C W ^a   Glover, P W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0038106301     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.214.01.08     Document Type: Article

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