3D poroelastic analysis of natural fracture response to variable injection/extraction rates

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Safari, M R ^a   Ghassemi, A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION RESPONSE; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; INSITU STRESS; JOINT DEFORMATIONS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL FRACTURE; POROELASTIC; POROELASTIC PROPERTIES; PRESSURE HISTORY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78751533900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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