The application of failure mode diagrams for exploring the roles of fluid pressure and stress states in controlling styles of fracture-controlled permeability enhancement in faults and shear zones

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2010

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Cox, Stephen

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Geofluids (2010) 10, 217-233. Permeability enhancement associated with deformation processes in faults and shear zones plays a key role in facilitating fluid redistribution between fluid reservoirs in the crust. Especially in high fluid flux hydrothermal

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Keywords: deformation mechanism; failure analysis; failure mechanism; fault zone; fluid pressure; fracture flow; fracture mechanics; hydraulic conductivity; hydrothermal system; permeability; pressure effect; shear zone; stress field; vein (geology) Faults; Fluid pressures; Fracture permeability; Stress states; Veins

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Geofluids

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2037-12-31