Relations between coal permeability and directional strains and their application to San Juan Basin

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Zhongwei ^a   Liu, Jishan ^a   Pan, Zhejun ^b   Connell, Luke ^b   Elsworth, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MASS; COAL MATRIX; COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION; CONSTANT VOLUMES; DEFORMABILITY; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE STRAIN; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FULL SPECTRUM; GAS SORPTION; INSITU STRESS; MATRIX; MODULUS REDUCTION; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PERMEABILITY MODEL; TOTAL STRAIN;

ANISOTROPY; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SORPTION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 78751534428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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