Testing fault seal prediction algorithms using geomodels of experimentally produced fault zones

Fault and Top Seals: From Characterization to Modelling

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ciftci, B N ^a   Giger, S B ^b   Clennell, M B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NAGRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

DEFORMATION CONDITIONS; FAULT SEALING; HYDRAULIC RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC SEALS; NORMAL STRESS; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RESERVOIR ROCK;

SEALS;

EID: 85086493927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20143014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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