Quantitative determination of hydraulic properties of fractured rock using seismic techniques

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 249, Issue , 2005, Pages 29-42

  Liu, Enru ^a   Chapman, Mark ^a   Hudson, John A ^b   Tod, Simon R ^a,b,c   Maultzsch, Sonja ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UTG Geophysics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC METHOD; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 26244456564     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.249.01.03     Document Type: Article

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