Effect of modern state of stress on flow-controlling fractures: A misleading paradigm in need of revision

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 691-697

  Stowell, J F W ^a   Laubach, S E ^a   Olson, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MINERALS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

DIAGENETICS; FLOW PATHWAYS; FRACTURE SIZE; MINERAL BRIDGE; OPENING MODE FRACTURE; STATE OF STRESS; STRESS CONTROL; STRESS DIRECTIONS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 78751532337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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