How fracture systems affect permeability development in shallow-water carbonate rocks: An example from the Gargano Peninsula, Italy

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1212-1230

  Larsen, B ^a   Grunnaleite, I ^b   Gudmundsson, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Fractures; Numerical modelling; Permeability; Reservoirs; Stress fields

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIRS; STRESS FIELDS;

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); LAMINATING; MULTILAYERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TENSILE STRESS;

FRACTURE;

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MUDSTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRESS FIELD;

GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 77954657994     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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