Hydraulic and chemical pulse tests in a shut-in chamber imbedded in an argillaceous formation: Numerical and experimental approaches

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Rousseau Gueutin, P ^a,b,c   Goncalves J ^a   Cruchaudet, M ^b   De Marsily, G ^a   Violette, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; SHALE;

ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FORMATION WATER; HYDRAULIC RESPONSE; OSMOTIC EFFICIENCY; PRESSURE RECORDS; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION WATER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE DROP; SHALE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77955584864     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007371     Document Type: Article

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