Axial and radial permeability evolutions of compressed sandstones: End effects and shear-band induced permeability anisotropy

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 5-7, 2009, Pages 1037-1061

  Dautriat, Jeremie ^a,b   Gland, Nicolas ^a   Guelard, Jean ^a   Dimanov, Alexandre ^b   Raphanel, Jean L ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Directional permeability; End effects; Permeability anisotropy; Sandstone; Shear band; Stress dependency

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPACTION; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RADIAL FLOW; SANDSTONE; SHEAR BAND; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 67649786577     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0495-0     Document Type: Article

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