Land uplift due to subsurface fluid injection

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Teatini, Pietro ^a   Gambolati, Giuseppe ^a   Ferronato, Massimiliano ^a   Settari, A Tony ^b   Walters, Dale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Taurus Reservoir Solutions Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case studies; Ground and satellite based measurements; Hydro geomechanical properties; Land uplift; Subsurface fluid injection

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID INJECTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEVELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; UPLIFT;

ALGERIA; BAVARIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CHIOGGIA; COLD LAKE; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; GERMANY; HONSHU; ITALY; JAPAN; KANTO; KINKI; LAS VEGAS VALLEY; LONG BEACH; NEVADA; OBERPFALZ; OSAKA [KINKI]; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SANTA ANA BASIN; SANTA CLARA VALLEY; TAIPEI; TAIWAN; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED STATES; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO];

EID: 78649518360     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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