Combining diagenesis and mechanics to quantity fracture aperture distributions an fracture pattern permeability

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 270, Issue , 2007, Pages 101-116

  Olson, Jon E ^a   Laubach, Stephen E ^b   Lander, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Geocosm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE NETWORK; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 33947402625     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.270.01.08     Document Type: Article

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