Resolving the geometry of hydraulic fractures from tilt measurements

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2433-2452

  Lecampion, Brice ^a   Jeffrey, Rob ^a   Detournay, Emmanuel ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Displacement discontinuity; Faults; Fracture dimensions; Fracture monitoring; Tiltmeter

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TILT;

EID: 29244481206     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2786-4     Document Type: Article

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