Permeability changes in simulated granite faults during and after frictional sliding

Geofluids

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 481-494

  Tanikawa, W ^a   Tadai, O ^b   Mukoyoshi, H ^b,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture aperture; Fracture transmissivity; Frictional heating; Permeability

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FAULT GOUGE; FRACTURE; FRICTION; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITE; HEATING; HYDROMECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOMECHANICS;

EID: 84939269220     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12091     Document Type: Article

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