Structure, permeability, and strength of a fault zone in the footwall of an oceanic core complex, the Central Dome of the Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1060-1071

  Hirose, Takehiro ^a   Hayman, Nicholas W ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expedition 304 305; Fault; Fluid flow; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP); Mid Atlantic Ridge; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIS; FAULT ROCKS; FAULT ZONES; HOST ROCKS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE (MAR); OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM (ODP); OCEANIC CORE COMPLEX; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; ROCK SAMPLES; SEA FLOORS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TRIAXIAL APPARATUS;

CAPILLARITY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

LIQUIDS;

CATACLASITE; CORE (PLANETARY); CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; GABBRO; HOST ROCK; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MYLONITE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTH; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIS MASSIF; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 48349089572     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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