Integrated two-dimensional modeling of fluid flow and compaction in a sedimentary basin

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 545-564

  Chen, Zhangxin ^a   Ewing, Richard E ^b   Lu, Hao ^b   Lyons, Stephen L ^c   Maliassov, Serguei ^c   Ray, Michael B ^c   Sun, Tong ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin modeling; Iterative algorithm; Mixed finite element; Moving grid; Numerical experiments

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FLUID FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0036930964     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021211803088     Document Type: Article

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