New evidence for age variation and scale effects of permeabilities of young oceanic crust from borehole thermal and pressure measurements

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 499-508

  Becker, Keir ^a   Davis, Earl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal circulation; Marine hydrogeology; Ocean Drilling Program; Oceanic crust; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038537373     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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