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Laboratory Pulse Test of Hydraulic Fracturing on Granitic Sample Cores from Äspö HRL, Sweden

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We acknowledge the technical assistance of O Vanecek, Industrial Safety Assessment Technique, ISATech, Prague, Czech Republic.

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  1. Section 2.6 Seismic Hazard and Stress Field, GFZ-German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    O. Stephansson & A. Zang

  2. ISATech, Osadni 26, 170 00, Prague 7, Czech Republic

    H. Semikova

  3. Section 6.2 Energy Systems, GFZ-German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    G. Zimmermann

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Stephansson, O., Semikova, H., Zimmermann, G. et al. Laboratory Pulse Test of Hydraulic Fracturing on Granitic Sample Cores from Äspö HRL, Sweden. Rock Mech Rock Eng 52, 629–633 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-018-1421-5

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