Off-fault shear failure potential enhanced by high-stiff/low-permeable damage zone during fluid injection in porous reservoirs
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Journal International
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0956-540X,1365-246X
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv225