Role of stress-controlled flow pathways in HDR geothermal reservoirs

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1103-1124

  Ito, Takatoshi ^a   Hayashi, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coulomb criterion; Fluid flow; Geothermal energy; HDR; In situ stress; Mohr diagram

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; STRESS;

COULOMB CRITERION; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOT DRY ROCK; IN SITU STRESS; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0037401240     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012563     Document Type: Article

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