Fracture development and properties within the Beekmantown Group cabonates of eastern New York State, USA

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-228

  Clark, Donald ^a   Friedman, Gerald M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Northeastern Science Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; NORMAL FAULT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144444208     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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