Temporal change in permeability of the Nojima fault zone by repeated water injection experiments

Tectonophysics

Volumn 443, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 183-192

  Kitagawa, Yuichi ^a   Fujimori, Kunio ^b   Koizumi, Naoji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1995 Hyogoken Nanbu earthquake; Fault healing; Nojima fault; Permeability; Water injection experiment

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DRILLING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34648828269     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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