Evolution of fracture permeability through reactive flow at elevated temperatures

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 437-441

  Yasuhara, Hideaki ^a   Polak, Amir ^b   Mitani, Yasuhiro ^c   Grader, Avrami ^a   Halleck, Phillip ^a   Elsworth, Derek ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Fracture permeability; Geochemistry; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MINERAL EFFLUXES; WOOD'S METAL IMPREGNATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 33745214216     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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