Relations of rock structure and composition to petrophysical and geomechanical rock properties: Examples from permocarboniferous red-beds

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-216

  Hecht, C A ^a,b   Bonsch C ^a   Bauch, E ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Projektentwicklung und Geologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomechanical properties; Petrophysical properties; Rock composition; Rock structure

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POROSITY; ROCKS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TEXTURES;

GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROCK COMPOSITION; ROCK STRUCTURE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

GEOMECHANICS; ROCK PROPERTY;

EID: 21144447371     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-005-0047-6     Document Type: Article

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