Deformation bands and their impact on fluid flow in sandstone reservoirs: The role of natural thickness variations

Geofluids

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-371

  Rotevatn, A ^a   Sandve, T H ^a   Keilegavlen, E ^a   Kolyukhin, D ^b   Fossen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deformation bands; Flow baffles; Fluid flow; Reservoir; Sandstone; Thickness variations

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; HOST ROCK; OUTCROP; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

EID: 84880724316     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12030     Document Type: Article

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