Geomechanical modeling of a reservoir-scale fault-related fold: The Bargy anticline, France

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smart, K J ^a   Ferrill, D A ^a   Morris, A P ^a   McGinnis, R N ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; BROAD SPECTRUM; BURIAL DEPTHS; CALIBRATION DATA; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; DEFORMATION FEATURE; ELASTIC-PLASTIC; FAULT PREDICTION; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; FIELD SCALE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOMECHANICAL MODELING; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; MODEL GEOMETRY; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; OVERBURDEN PRESSURES; PERMANENT STRAIN; ROCK MASS DEFORMATION; SLIP SURFACES; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78751499925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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