The Influence of Fracture Aperture on Permeability and Elastic Nonlinearity: An Integrated Analytical and Empirical Investigation

Clay Wood1, Prabhakaran Manogharan2, Jiang Jin3, Jacques Riviere2,4, Derek Elsworth5, Chris Marone6 and Parisa Shokouhi2, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University, Engineering Science and Mechanics, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (5)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Energy and Mineral Engineering and Geosciences, EMS Energy Institute, G3, University Park, PA, United States, (6)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States