Frictional properties of shale reservoir rocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5109-5125

  Kohli, Arjun H ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay friction; Gouge microstructures; Microseismicity; Shale gas reservoirs; Slip stability; Slow slip

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROMECHANICS; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SEISMICITY; SHALE; SLIP; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886935473     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50346     Document Type: Article

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