A probabilistic damage model of stress-induced permeability anisotropy during cataclastic flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Wenlu ^a   Montési, Laurent G J ^a   Wong, Teng Fong ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLLAPSE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIR; STRESS;

EID: 37349127449     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004456     Document Type: Article

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