Influence of depositional setting and sedimentary fabric on mechanical layer evolution in carbonate aquifers

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 203-224

  Graham Wall, Brita R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albanides; Apennines; Carbonates; Faults; Fluid flow; Fractures; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBONATE ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAYERED MEDIUM;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 31344478232     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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