Short-timescale chemo-mechanical effects and their influence on the transport properties of fractured rock

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2051-2070

  Elsworth, Derek ^a   Yasuhara, Hideaki ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Fracture; Permeability; Precipitation; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 33751026367     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0113-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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