Effect of grain size distribution on the development of compaction localization in porous sandstone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Cheung, Cecilia S N ^a   Baud, Patrick ^b   Wong, Teng Fong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SANDSTONE;

BLEURSWILLER SANDSTONE; CATACLASTIC FLOW; COMPACTION BANDS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY STUDIES; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; POROUS SANDSTONE; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRESS STATE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; UNIFORM GRAIN SIZE;

COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84868626637     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053739     Document Type: Article

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