Experimental investigation of deformation mechanisms during shear-enhanced compaction in poorly lithified sandstone and sand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4083-4100

  Skurtveit, Elin ^a,b,c   Torabi, Anita ^a   Gabrielsen, Roy H ^d   Zoback, Mark D ^e  

^a Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

compaction; deformation bands; grain fracturing; poorly lithified sandstone; porosity change; yield stress

Indexed keywords

CAM-CLAY MODEL; COMPACTION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROSTATICS; PACKING; POROSITY; SAND; SANDSTONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885159254     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50342     Document Type: Article

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