Strength, porosity, and permeability development during hydrostatic and shear loading of synthetic quartz-clay fault gouge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Crawford, B R ^a,b   Faulkner, D R ^a,c   Rutter, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; HYDROSTATICS; KAOLINITE; LOADING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 44449128954     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004634     Document Type: Article

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