Comment on Davies et al., 2012 - Hydraulic fractures: How far can they go?

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 516-518

  Lacazette, Alfred ^a   Geiser, Peter ^a  

^a Global Geophysical Services Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84876728309     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.12.008     Document Type: Note

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