Effects of temperature and CO2 on the frictional behavior of simulated anhydrite fault rock

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8728-8747

  Pluymakers, Anne M H ^a   Samuelson, Jon E ^a,b   Niemeijer, André R ^a   Spiers, Christopher J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Weatherford Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Apennines; CO2 storage; earthquake nucleation; fault stability; induced seismicity; pressure solution

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SLIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 85027918272     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011575     Document Type: Article

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