Permeability alteration due to mineral dissolution in partially saturated fractures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Detwiler, Russell L ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; MINERALOGY; MOBILIZATION; PERMEABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 77957573142     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007206     Document Type: Article

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