H096
Investigation of Fracture Intersection Evolution for Subsurface Fluid Flow
Session ID#: 247304
Session Description:
Fracture intersections need to be investigated to predict fluid flow for a wide range of geoscience applications with important societal impact. These include the efficacy and sustainability of geothermal systems, contaminant remediation, potential long-term subsurface storage of anthropogenic waste (CO2, radioactive waste) and subsurface recovery and storage of energy fluids (oil & gas). There are many avenues to understand the processes of subsurface flow and we wish to explore laboratory and field experiments in geochemical alterations, wave propagation, electrical resistivity tomography, geophysics, and numerical modeling. Through these methods we wish to address how evolution of intersections affects flow through the subsurface, how stress fields impact intersections, and how damage or fluid alteration affect intersection topology. Utilizing these multidisciplinary methods for fracture intersections in both space and time elucidates the controlling mechanisms for this inherently 4D problem.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
0999 General or miscellaneous [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
1822 Geomechanics [HYDROLOGY]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
8010 Fractures and faults [STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY]
Primary Convener: Erin Heilman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners: Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States, Hari Selvi Viswanathan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States and Stephen Laubach, Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Inertial Flow Transitions in 3D Intersecting Rough Fractures: Impact of Geometry and Roughness on Non-Darcy Regimes (1848112)
Ghoulem Ifrene1, Kuldeep Singh2, Richard Schultz1, Neal Nagel3 and Prasad Pothana1, (1)University of North Dakota, Petroleum engineering, Grand Forks, United States, (2)Kent State University Kent Campus, Earth Sciences, Kent, OH, United States, (3)Oil Field Geomechanics, Richmond, United States
Scale-invariance in Connectivity of Fractal-Fracture Networks: A Node-based Analysis (1859572)
Brutideepan Sahoo1, Rayaan Biswas1,2 and Ankur Roy1, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Deysarkar Centre of Excellence in Petroleum Engineering, Kharagpur, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Kharagpur, India
Structural Control by Faults and Fractures on the Localization of Geothermal Systems in Ourense, Longroiva, and Gerês (NW Iberian Peninsula) (1916837)
Fidel Martin-Gonzalez1, Pedro Araujo2, Jose Angel Cid2, Mariano Hernandez3, Rayco Marrero4 and Nemesio Heredia5, (1)Rey Juan Carlos University, Biología y Geología, Fisica y Química Inorgánica, Madrid, Spain, (2)Universidade de Vigo, Facultade de Ciencias, Ourense, Spain, (3)Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino, General Roca, Argentina, (4)Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, (IGME-CSIC Unidad de Canarias)., Gran Canaria, Spain, (5)Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, (IGME-CSIC Unidad de Oviedo), Oviedo, Spain
Seismic Wave Interaction with Idealized Intersecting Mineral Veins (1971556)
Alexandra Clark, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States
Bridging Geophysics and Observation: Linking Acoustic Emission to Real Fracture Geometry in a Mesoscale Experiment (1985741)
Akira Fujimoto, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, Tokyo, Japan, Takashi Danjo, OYO Corporation, Saitama, Japan, Tsuyoshi Ishida, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Dr. Tatsuya Yokoyama, Fukada Geological Institute, Tokyo, Japan, Hirokazu Fujii, LAZOC Inc., Monitoring Unit, Tokyo, Japan, Tsutau Takeuchi, Japan Organization for Metal and Energy Security, Washington, United States and Ryohei Inoue, JOGMEC, Japan(Chiba), Japan
