Internal structure and permeability of the Nojima fault, southwest Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-524

  Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^a   Hirose, Takehiro ^b   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^c   Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nojima fault; Permeability; Surface samples; Thermal pressurization

Indexed keywords

FAULT ROCKS; FAULT ZONE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COUNTRY ROCK; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE;

ASIA; AWAJI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; NOJIMA FAULT ZONE;

EID: 41149094524     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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