Evolution of fracture permeability through fluid-rock reaction under hydrothermal conditions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 186-200

  Yasuhara, Hideaki ^a   Polak, Amir ^b   Mitani, Yasuhiro ^c   Grader, Abraham S ^d   Halleck, Phillip M ^d   Elsworth, Derek ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture permeability; Free face dissolution; Geochemistry; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

FLUID-ROCK REACTION; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FREE-FACE DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; PRESSURE SOLUTION;

DISSOLUTION; ETCHING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IMPREGNATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESSES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 33645520862     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.046     Document Type: Article

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