Characterization of the hydromechanical behavior of argillaceous rocks with effective gas permeability under deviatoric stress

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 116-122

  Yang, Diansen ^a,c   Billiotte, Joel ^a   Su, Kun ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Argillaceous rocks; Effective gas permeability; Hydromechanical behavior; Mercury intrusion; Resaturation and desaturation

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DESATURATION; DEVIATORIC STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; HOST ROCKS; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; LOADING AND UNLOADING; MERCURY INTRUSION; NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE; QUASI-LINEAR; REHYDRATION PROCESS; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION;

ALGEBRA; CEMENTS; GASES; MERCURY (METAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; SUPERSATURATION; UNLOADING;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; DEHYDRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; HOST ROCK; HYDROMECHANICS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REHYDRATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SATURATION; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 77955230675     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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