Determination of fracture storativity in hard rocks using high-pressure injection testing

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2551-2560

  Rutqvist, Jonny ^a   Noorishad, Jahan ^a   Tsang, Chin Fu ^a   Stephansson, Ove ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; STORAGE;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; ROCKS; STIFFNESS;

COUPLED HYDRO MECHANICALS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE OPENING; FRACTURE STORATIVITY; HIGH-PRESSURE INJECTION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 0031708319     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01863     Document Type: Article

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