Study of the relationship between surface subsidence and internal pressure in salt caverns

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6899-6910

  Li, Mengyao ^a   Zhang, Haipeng ^a   Xing, Wei ^a,b   Hou, Zhengmeng ^a,b   Were, Patrick ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Equivalent internal pressure; Numerical solution; Salt storage cavern; Surface subsidence

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SALT DEPOSITS; SUBSIDENCE;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PREDICTION AND CONTROL; STORAGE CAVERNS; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY;

CAVES;

EID: 84937762372     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4405-8     Document Type: Article

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