Geomechanical simulation to predict open subsurface fractures

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-299

  Lewis, Helen ^a,b   Hall, Stephen A ^c   Couples, Gary D ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Domaine Universitaire   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; STRAIN;

CO-AXIAL; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; FRACTURE PREDICTION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOMECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; ROCK FABRICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; STRESS AND STRAIN; SUB-SURFACES; SUBSURFACE FRACTURE; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

FRACTURE;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE INITIATION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 68949104118     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2009.00786.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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