Modeling strain and pore pressure associated with fluid extraction: The Pathfinder Ranch experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5254-5273

  Barbour, Andrew J ^a   Wyatt, Frank K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

borehole strainmeter; fluid extraction; Plate Boundary Observatory; pore pressure; poroelasticity; strain

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MODELING; PLATE BOUNDARY; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS; WELL WATER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904660417     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011169     Document Type: Article

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