The implications of fracture swarms in the Chalk of SE England on the tectonic history of the basin and their impact on fluid flow in high-porosity, low-permeability rocks

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 272, Issue , 2007, Pages 499-517

  Belayneh, Mandefro ^a   Matthäi, Stephan K ^a   Cosgrove, John W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHRONOLOGY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SENONIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249807370     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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