Anisotropic stress influence on the permeability of weakly-cemented sandstones

32nd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, USRMS 1991

Volumn , Issue , 1991, Pages 375-383

  Bruno, M S ^a   Bovberg, C A ^a   Nakagawa, F M ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; PARALLEL FLOW; ROCK MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPIC STRESS; APPLIED STRESS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH POROSITY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; STRESS MAGNITUDE; TRIAXIAL STRESS CONDITION;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 85058325464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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