Anisotropic poroelasticity and the response of faulted rock to changes in pore-fluid pressure

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-214

  Healy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; PREFERRED ORIENTATION;

EID: 84873041243     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.14     Document Type: Article

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