Faults and Subsurface Fluid Flow in the Shallow Crust Contributor(s): Haneberg, William C. (Editor), Mozley, Peter S. (Editor), Moore, J. Casey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0875900968 ISBN-13: 9780875900964 Publisher: American Geophysical Union OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Physics - Geophysics |
Dewey: 551.872 |
LCCN: 99042450 |
Series: Geophysical Monograph |
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 8.8" W x 10.8" (1.69 lbs) 222 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 113. The most striking and appealing feature of the volume, as well as the general research topic of faults and subsurface fluid flow, is its interdiscplinary nature. The authors are drawn from the fields of structural geology, engineering geology, geohydrology and hydrogeology, sedimentology, petroleum geology, geothermal geology, rock mechanics, and geochemistry. Likewise, the emphasis on faults rather than simple open fractures raises issues not addressed in much of the literature on flow through fractured rocks. Although faults are a type of fracture and semantics can confuse the issue, faults are generally more complicated than the simple fractures that are the focus of most work in fractured rock hydrology. Most notably, faults can have very large displacements (up to many kilometers) and develop complicated tectonic fabrics, gouge zones, and juxtaposition of rocks or sediments of different types. |