Two-phase fluid flow properties of cataclastic fault rocks: Implications for CO2 storage in saline aquifers

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-42

  Tueckmantel, Christian ^a   Fisher, Quentin J ^a   Manzocchi, Tom ^b   Skachkov, Sergey ^a   Grattoni, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; ENGLAND; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAULT ROCK; FLUID-PHASE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDRO-FRACTURING; NON-WETTING; NORTH SEA; POROUS SANDSTONE; QUARTZ CEMENTATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SALINE AQUIFERS; SEISMIC DATAS; STUDY AREAS; SUBSURFACE FLUID FLOW; SYNTHETIC MODELS; TWO-PHASE FLUID FLOW;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; WETTING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATACLASITE; FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84855417538     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32508.1     Document Type: Article

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