Towards quantifying the matrix permeability of fault damage zones in low porosity rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 339-340, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-31

  Mitchell, T M ^a   Faulkner, D R ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage zone; Fault structure; Fault zone; Fluid flow; Fracture density; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA; CRUSTAL FLUID FLOW; DAMAGE ZONES; DATA SETS; FAULT CORE; FAULT DAMAGE ZONE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE DENSITY; GRANITIC ROCKS; GRANODIORITE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW POROSITY ROCKS; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MICRO-FRACTURE; NORTHERN CHILE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; TRIAXIAL DEFORMATION;

GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; GRANITE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ATACAMA; CHILE;

EID: 84862994972     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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