Seismic velocities, density, porosity, and permeability measured at a deep hole penetrating the Chelungpu fault in central Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 135-145

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a   Hung, Jih Hao ^b   Dong, Jia Jyun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk and shear modulus; Density; Permeability; Porosity; Seismic velocity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; BULK MODULUS; DENSITY; LINEARITY; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR MODULUS; WALL ROCK; WELL LOGGING;

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

EID: 67651085283     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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