Laboratory characterization of permeability and its anisotropy of chelungpu fault rocks

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 5-7, 2009, Pages 1011-1036

  Chen, Tzu Mo N ^a   Zhu, Wenlu ^b   Wong, Teng Fong ^a   Song, Sheng Rong ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bedding anisotropy; Chelungpu fault; Deformation tests; Dynamic weakening; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BEDDING PLANE; BRITTLE FAILURE; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; HOST ROCK; HYDROMECHANICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE;

ASIA; CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67649816809     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0497-y     Document Type: Article

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