Nanoscale porosity in SAFOD core samples (San Andreas Fault)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 179-189

  Janssen, Christoph ^a   Wirth, Richard ^a   Reinicke, Andreas ^a   Rybacki, Erik ^a   Naumann, Rudolf ^b   Wenk, Hans Rudolf ^b   Dresen, Georg ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault rock composition; Permeability; Porosity; SAFOD; San Andreas Fault; TEM

Indexed keywords

FAULT ROCK; PERMEABILITY; SAFOD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; TEM;

CORE SAMPLES; FLUIDS; ION BEAMS; MERCURY (METAL); POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CATACLASITE; FAULT ZONE; FELDSPAR; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78650257877     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.040     Document Type: Article

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