The importance of the degree of cataclasis in shear bands for fluid flow in porous sandstone Provence, France

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2167-2186

  Ballas, Gregory ^a,b,c,d   Soliva, Roger ^a,b,c,d   Sizun, Jean Pierre ^a,b,c,d   Benedicto, Antonio ^a,b,c,d   Cavailhes, Thibault ^a,b,c,d   Raynaud, Suzanne ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF WATER; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; REDUCTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SHEAR BANDS;

GEOLOGIC RESERVOIRS; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; SUBSURFACE FLUID FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HOST ROCK; MEMBRANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; SEALING; SHEAR BAND; WATER FLOW;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

EID: 84864530939     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04051211097     Document Type: Article

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