Forward and inverse modeling of ground surface uplift at In Salah, Algeria

48th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2014

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-169

  Rinaldi, A P ^a   Rutqvist, J ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   Liu, H H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMECHANICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; MECHANICS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROCK MECHANICS; TECTONICS; WATER INJECTION; WELLS;

DEEP-FRACTURE ZONES; DUAL CONTINUUM MODELS; FORWARD AND INVERSE MODELING; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84927132079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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