Constraints on the sealing capacity of faults with clay smears from discrete element models validated by laboratory experiments

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 465-478

  Terheege, J H ^a   Wassing, B B T ^a   Orlic, B ^a   Giger, S B ^b   Clennell, M B ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clay smears; Direct shear experiments; Discrete element modeling; Fault sealing; Oil and gas

Indexed keywords

CLAY SMEAR; DIRECT SHEAR; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; FAULT SEALING; OIL AND GAS;

EXPERIMENTS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SHEAR FLOW; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

DRAG;

CLAY; CLAYSTONE; CORRELATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ENTRAINMENT; FAULT ZONE; HYDROCARBON; MODELING; PREDICTION; SEALING; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 84877873417     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-013-0383-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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