Effective fracture network permeability of geothermal reservoirs

Geothermics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-38

  Jafari, Alireza ^a   Babadagli, Tayfun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective permeability; Fractal geometry; Fracture networks; Geothermal; Lacunarity; Naturally fractured geothermal reservoirs; Outcrops; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTURE NETWORKS; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; LACUNARITY; OUTCROPS; TURKEY;

FRACTALS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; OUTCROP; PERMEABILITY;

TURKEY;

EID: 79951674546     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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