Fluid flow properties of basin-bounding normal faults in platform carbonates, Fucino Basin, central Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 299, Issue , 2008, Pages 277-291

  Agosta, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HOST ROCK; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUCINO BASIN; ITALY; L'AQUILA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 50849085746     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP299.17     Document Type: Article

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