Direct imaging of fluid flow in fault-related rocks by X-ray CT

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 215, Issue , 2003, Pages 107-115

  Hirono, T ^a   Takahashi, M ^b   Nakashima, S ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT BOUNDARY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; PERMEABILITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; X-RAY IMAGING;

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FRACTURE; IMAGING METHOD; PERMEABILITY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141683965     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.215.01.10     Document Type: Article

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