Permeability evolution during triaxial compaction of an anisotropic porous sandstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Baud, Patrick ^a   Meredith, Philip ^b   Townend, Edward ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; S-WAVE; SANDSTONE; TORTUOSITY; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 84861136536     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009176     Document Type: Article

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