Seismogenic permeability, ks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Talwani, Pradeep ^a   Chen, Linyue ^a,b   Gahalaut, Kalpna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b National Geophysical Research Institute ^*

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RECHARGE; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 34548527186     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004665     Document Type: Article

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