Relationship between fault growth mechanism and permeability variations with depth of siliceous mudstones in northern Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1792-1805

  Ishii, Eiichi ^a   Funaki, Hironori ^a   Tokiwa, Tetsuya ^a   Ota, Kunio ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fault; Permeability; Shear; Siliceous mudstone; Stress; Tensile

Indexed keywords

FAULT; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR; SILICEOUS MUDSTONE; TENSILE;

HYDRAULICS; ROCK DRILLING; ROCKS; WELL LOGGING;

FRACTURE;

COULOMB CRITERION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MUDSTONE; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK PROPERTY; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TENSILE STRESS;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 78649778486     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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