Effects of drilling and stress release on transport properties and porewater chemistry of crystalline rocks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 316-332

  Waber, H N ^a   Gimmi, T ^a,b   Smellie, J A T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Conterra AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crystalline rock; Drilling fluid contamination; Matrix diffusion; Pore diffusion coefficient; Porewater; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY DISTURBED ZONES; COMBINED EFFECT; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; DRILLING FLUID CONTAMINATION; DRILLING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FLUID COMPOSITION; IN-SITU; INDIRECT METHODS; LABORATORY DIFFUSION; MASS BALANCE CONSIDERATIONS; MATRIX; MATRIX DIFFUSION; NATURAL ROCKS; OUT-DIFFUSION; PORE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; ROCK SAMPLE; STRESS RELEASE; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; TRACER MASS;

CHLORINE; COAL TAR; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; DRILLING FLUIDS; EXPERIMENTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; QUARTZ; ROCK DRILLING; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; DRILLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS BALANCE; MATRIX; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POREWATER; QUARTZ; SATURATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

FORSMARK; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 79960391805     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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