Permeability and flow impact of faults and deformation bands in high-porosity sand reservoirs: Southeast Basin, France, analog

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-464

  Saillet, Elodie ^a,b   Wibberley, Christopher A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW CONTROL; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PETROPHYSICS; POROSITY; SEISMOLOGY;

CATACLASTIC DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DENSITY; STRUCTURAL FREQUENCIES; TECTONIC SHORTENING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; FAULT; FAULT ZONE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRAGMENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

FRANCE;

EID: 84876156749     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09071211191     Document Type: Article

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