Effects of fracture aperture and roughness on hydraulic and mechanical properties of rocks: Implication of seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-47

  Liu, Enru ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aperture; Fluid flow; Fractures; Hydraulic properties; Seismic anistropy; Seismic method

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144480951     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/2/1/006     Document Type: Article

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