Present-day stress analysis of the St. Lawrence Lowlands sedimentary basin (Canada) and implications for caprock integrity during CO 2 injection operations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 518-521, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-137

  Konstantinovskaya, E ^a   Malo, M ^a   Castillo, D A ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

Rock strength; Slip tendency of fault and fracture; St. lawrence lowlands; Stress orientation and magnitude; Stress regime

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; CAPROCK; COUPLING RATIOS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; FAILURE FEATURES; FLUID PRESSURES; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; HORIZONTAL STRESS; INJECTION PRESSURES; PALEOZOIC; ROCK STRENGTH; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS ORIENTATION AND MAGNITUDE; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; STRESS REGIME; STRESS-INDUCED; TENSILE FRACTURES; WELLBORE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PORE PRESSURE; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE LOWLANDS;

EID: 84855825266     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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