Modeling the heterogeneous hydraulic properties of faults using constraints from reservoir-induced seismicity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-17

  do Nascimento, Aderson F ^a,b   Lunn, Rebecca J ^c   Cowie, Patience A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; FAULT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INDUCED SEISMICITY; RESERVOIR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744514710     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003398     Document Type: Article

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