Fault properties and the development of cemented fault zones in sedimentary basins: field examples and predictive models

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 7, Issue C, 1997, Pages 91-106

  Sverdrup, E ^a   Bjorlykke K ^b  

^a Saga Petroleum as   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 77957101487     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(97)80009-4     Document Type: Article

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