Hydraulic fracturing of the Floridan Aquifer from aquifer storage and recovery operations

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-189

  Geibel, Nicholas M ^a   Brown, Christopher J ^b  

^a US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer storage and recovery; Floridan aquifer system; Hydraulic fracturing; Rock mechanics; Triaxial compressive strength; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; EVALUATION METHOD; FLORIDA; FULL-SCALE OPERATION; HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED FRACTURES; INSITU STRESS; MICRO-FRACTURE; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; ROCK MATRIX; SHEAR FAILURE MODE; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; WATER PRESSURES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEPOSITS; FAILURE MODES; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECOVERY; ROCK MECHANICS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MICROFACIES; ROCK MECHANICS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER STORAGE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CRATAEGUS;

EID: 84863579074     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.18.2.175     Document Type: Article

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