Fault-fracture networks and related fluid flow and sealing, Brushy Canyon formation, West Texas

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 113, Issue , 1999, Pages 69-81

  Nelson, Eric P ^a   Kullman, Aaron J ^a   Gardner, Michael H ^a   Batzle, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 33645505196     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
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