Fabrics of Experimental Fault Zones: Their Development and Relationship to Mechanical Behavior

International Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue C, 1992, Pages 33-67

  Logan, J M ^a   Dengo, C A ^b   Higgs, N G ^c   Wang, Z Z ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 77956803796     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(08)62814-4     Document Type: Article

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