Evolution of dilatant fracture networks in a normal fault - Evidence from 4D model experiments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 399-406

  Holland, Marc ^a,b   van Gent, Heijn ^a   Bazalgette, Loïc ^c   Yassir, Najwa ^c   Hoogerduijn Strating, Eilard H ^d   Urai, Janos L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d Shell Exploration and Production   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4D; Analog experiments; Fractal; Fracture network

Indexed keywords

4D; ANALOG EXPERIMENTS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CT-SCAN; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAULT BLOCKS; FAULT ORIENTATIONS; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SYSTEM; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; NON-LINEAR; NORMAL FAULTS; NORMAL STRESS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROGRESSIVE DISPLACEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK STRENGTH; SCALED MODELS; SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS; SELF-SIMILAR; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD FILTER; TOMOGRAPHIC; UPPER CRUST;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTALS; MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 79953048878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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