Arrest and aperture variation of hydrofractures in layered reservoirs

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 231, Issue , 2004, Pages 117-128

  Brenner, Sonja L ^a,b   Gudmundsson, Agust ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LAYERED MEDIUM; OVERPRESSURE; RESERVOIR;

EID: 11144312459     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.231.01.08     Document Type: Article

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