Hydraulic and acoustic properties of the active Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Laboratory measurements on DFDP-1 drill core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-51

  Carpenter, B M ^a,b   Kitajima, H ^b,c   Sutherland, R ^d   Townend, J ^e   Toy, V G ^f   Saffer, D M ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Alpine fault; Fault mechanics; Permeability; Petrophysics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; DRILLING PROJECTS; FAULT MECHANICS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; PETROPHYSICS; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION;

ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; ACTIVE FAULT; CORE ANALYSIS; DRILLING; FAULT ZONE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; WELL LOGGING;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84892505514     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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