Reinitiation or termination of fluid-driven fractures at frictional bedding interfaces

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Xi ^a   Jeffrey, Robert G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 55949095269     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005327     Document Type: Article

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