Self-sealing capacity of argillaceous rocks: Review of laboratory results obtained from the SELFRAC project

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Van Geet, M ^a   Bastiaens, W ^a   Ortiz, L ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boom Clay; EDZ; Opalinus Clay; Self sealing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ROCK PRESSURE; STATISTICAL TESTS; TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER;

ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; BEDDING PLANES; BOOM CLAY; BOOM CLAYS; CENTRAL ZONES; CHEMICAL COMPONENTS; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CONFINING PRESSURES; CYLINDRICAL SAMPLES; EDZ; EFFECTIVE STRESSES; HOLE DIAMETERS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INJECTED FLUIDS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY TESTS; LOWER DENSITIES; OPALINUS CLAY; OPALINUS CLAYS; PERMEABILITY CONDITIONS; PORE WATERS; SEALING CAPACITIES; SEALING PROCESSES; SELF-SEALING; TIME SCALES; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING; TOTAL RECOVERIES; TWO TYPES;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BOOM CLAY; CONFINING PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGING METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEAMETER; SEALING; SOFT CLAY; TESTING METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 55949098406     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.063     Document Type: Article

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