A review of the New Geophysics: A new understanding of pre-fracturing deformation in the crack-critical crust with implications for hydrocarbon production

Petroleum Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Crampin, Stuart ^a,b,c   Gao, Yuan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crack anisotropy; New Geophysics; Pre fracturing deformation; Seismic birefringence; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749119530     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-008-0001-9     Document Type: Review

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