Tilt monitoring of hydraulic fracture preconditioning treatments

43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Z R ^a   Jeffrey, R G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PRECONDITIONING TREATMENT; ROCK MASS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; ORE DEPOSITS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FRACTURE;

EID: 70450218744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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