Role of shale thickness on vertical connectivity of fractures: Application of crack-bridging theory to the Austin Chalk, Texas

Tectonophysics

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 117-133

  Rijken, Peggy ^a,b,c   Cooke, Michele L ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Austin Chalk; Crack bridging theory; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

CHALK; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SHALE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034890648     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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