Rock Damage and Fluid Transport, Part II

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zang, Arno (Editor), Stephansson, Ove (Editor), Dresen, Georg (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2006.
• Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Earth Sciences.

Mechanical properties and fluid transport in rocks are intimately linked as deformation of a solid rock matrix immediately affects the pore space and permeability. The coupling of fluid circulation and deformation processes in crustal rocks results in significant complexity of the mechanical and flu...