Radioactive marker measurements in heterogeneous reservoirs: Numerical study

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-92

  Ferronato, Massimiliano ^a   Gambolati, Giuseppe ^a   Teatini, Pietro ^a   Baù, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Finite element method; Radioactive tracers; Reservoirs; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; DEFORMATION; LITHOGRAPHY; MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLAYEY LAYERS ALTERNATE (CLA); HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; RADIOACTIVE MARKER MEASUREMEENTS; SAND PERMEABILITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BIOT THEORY; COMPRESSIBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 3242729631     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2004)4:2(79)     Document Type: Article

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