Experimental observations of deformation caused by mineral dissolution in variable-aperture fractures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Detwiler, Russell L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; HOST ROCK; HYDRODYNAMICS; MINERAL ALTERATION; REACTION KINETICS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 55949102120     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005697     Document Type: Article

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