Chemical Alterations Induced by Rock-Fluid Interactions When Injecting Brines in High Porosity Chalks

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 679-702

  Madland, M V ^a   Hiorth, A ^a,b   Omdal, E ^a   Megawati, M ^a   Hildebrand Habel, T ^b   Korsnes, R I ^a   Evje, S ^b   Cathles, L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalk; Chemical analyses; Mechanical tests; Mineral dissolution precipitation; Modelling; Water weakening

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY; AQUEOUS PHASE; CHALK; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHEMICAL NATURE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLUID INTERACTIONS; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUCED STRAIN; ION COMPOSITION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL TESTS; MODELLING; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; NEW MINERAL; ROCK MATRIX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; TIME DEPENDENCY; TIME-DEPENDENT; WATER WEAKENING; YIELD STRENGTH;

BRINES; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; EFFLUENTS; MAGNESIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BRINE; CHALK; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 79953026992     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9708-3     Document Type: Article

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