Gas transport in dry rock salt - Implications from laboratory investigations and field studies

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt 'SALTMECH6' - The Mechanical Behavior of Salt - Understanding of THMC Processes in Salt

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 17-26

  Popp, T ^a   Wiedemann, M ^a   Kansy, A ^b   Pusch, G ^b  

^a Institut fur Gebirgsmechanik GmbH   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCKS; SALT DEPOSITS; SEISMOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BORE HOLES; DRY ROCKS; FIELD STUDIES; FIELD TESTS; FRACTURING PRESSURES; GAS GENERATIONS; GAS INJECTIONS; GAS MIGRATIONS; GAS PRESSURES; GAS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GAS TRANSPORTS; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; INJECTION TESTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LONG TERMS; PERMEABILITY INCREASES; PRIMARY STRESSES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES; ROCK SALTS; SALT FORMATIONS; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; TRANSIENT PRESSURES;

GASES;

EID: 55549099284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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