Stress- and fluid-driven failure during fracture array growth: Implications for coupled deformation and fluid flow in the crust

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 779-782

  Barnhoorn, Auke ^a,b   Cox, Stephen F ^a   Robinson, David J ^a,c   Senden, Tim ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Risk and Impact Analysis Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CONNECTIVITY-ONLY; COUPLED DEFORMATION; DOLOMITE ROCKS; EXPERIMENTAL DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MIGRATION; FLUID PRESSURES; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE NETWORK; FULLY CONNECTED NETWORKS; HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INVASION PERCOLATION; MICROFRACTURES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PEAK STRESS; PERCOLATION PROCESS; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; SHEAR FAILURE; THREE DIMENSIONS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; NUCLEATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DOLOMITE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PERCOLATION; SHEAR; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77958097691     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31010.1     Document Type: Article

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