In situ measurement of the hydraulic diffusivity of the active Chelunepu Fault, Taiwan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Doan, M L ^a,b   Brodsky, E E ^a   Kano, Y ^c   Ma, K F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CORE SAMPLES; DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKES; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FAULT ZONE; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; LITHOSTATIC PRESSURE; POROELASTIC MEDIA;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

CROSSHOLE SEISMIC METHOD; DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROELASTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845662656     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026889     Document Type: Article

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