Permeability Changes during the Evolution of a Geothermal Field Due to the Dissolution and Precipitation of Quartz

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-101

  White, S P ^a   Mroczek, E K ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Precipitation; Quartz; Reservoir modelling; Super critical

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

DISSOLUTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUARTZ;

EID: 0032216287     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006541526010     Document Type: Article

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