Permeability of fault rocks from the median tectonic line in Ohshika-Mura, Nagano, Japan as studied by pressure-cycling tests

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 289, Issue , 2007, Pages 143-160

  Uehara, S ^a   Shimamoto, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELASTIC PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYSTERESIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROTOLITH; ROCK MECHANICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 38549088856     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP289.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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