Hydrologic properties of coal beds in the Powder River Basin, Montana I. Geophysical log analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 227-241

  Morin, Roger H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal bed; Crustal stress; Fractures; Geophysical logs; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; COAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; METHANE; RIVERS; ROCKS; TECTONICS; WATER RESOURCES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COAL BEDS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; STRESS FIELDS;

HYDROLOGY;

COALBED METHANE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; WELL LOGGING;

NORTH AMERICA; POWDER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20144371853     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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