A spatial clustering approach for stochastic fracture network modelling

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1225-1235

  Seifollahi, S ^a   Dowd, P A ^a   Xu, C ^a   Fadakar, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditional simulation; Global optimization; Simulated annealing; Spatial clustering; Stochastic fracture network modelling

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; COOPER BASIN , AUSTRALIA; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GOODNESS-OF-FIT MEASURE; HOT DRY ROCK RESERVOIRS; SPATIAL CLUSTERING; STOCHASTIC FRACTURE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FRACTURE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; ROCK BLOCK; SEISMIC METHOD; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STOCHASTICITY;

AUSTRALIA; COOPER BASIN;

CAPSICUM CHINENSE;

EID: 84903526418     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-013-0456-x     Document Type: Article

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