Woodford shale mechanical properties and the impacts of lithofacies

44th US Rock Mechanics Symposium - 5th US/Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sierra, R ^a   Tran, M H ^a   Abousleiman, Y N ^a   Slatt, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BRAZILIAN TEST; CARBONATE CONTENT; DEGREES OF ANISOTROPY; DETRITAL CARBONATE; FRACTURE GROWTH; FRACTURE INITIATION; LITHOFACIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; OKLAHOMA; PACKING DENSITY; POROELASTIC PROPERTIES; SHELL FRAGMENTS; TENSILE TESTS; TEST RESULTS; THIN SECTION; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ANISOTROPY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHALE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78751479894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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