Modeling compaction effects on the elastic properties of clay-water composites

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Moyano, Bernardo ^a   Spikes, Kyle T ^b   Johansen, Tor Arne ^a   Mondol, Nazmul Haque ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bulk modulus; Porosity; Rock physics; Shale gas; Shear modulus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAOLINITE; POROSITY; POWDERS; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE GAS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SOLVENTS;

COMPACTION EFFECT; CRITICAL POROSITY; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; PERCOLATION BEHAVIOR; ROCK PHYSICS; SYNTHETIC CLAY WATERS;

ASPECT RATIO;

BULK MODULUS; CLAY; COMPACTION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MODELING; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; SHEAR MODULUS; SMECTITE;

EID: 84866459843     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0426.1     Document Type: Article

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