Deriving microstructure and fluid state within the Icelandic crust from the inversion of tomography data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Adelinet, M ^a,b   Dorbath, C ^c   Le Ravalec, M ^a   Fortin, J ^b   Gueguen Y ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CRACK DENSITY; DEEP RESERVOIRS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FLUID FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID STATE; HYDROFRACTURING PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL AREAS; ICELANDICS; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; POROUS MEDIA; SEISMIC DATAS;

CRACKS;

CRACK; CRUST; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; FLUID FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC DATA; TOMOGRAPHY;

ICELAND; REYKJANES PENINSULA;

EID: 79951591313     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046304     Document Type: Article

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