T033
Mechanisms, Measurements, and Models of Dykes, Sills, and Hydraulic Fractures

Session ID#: 82525

Session Description:
Dykes and sills, formed during the magma intrusion process into the upper crust, have been observed in many geological contexts on Earth and other planets. Meanwhile, millions of hydraulic fracturing operations have been carried out in over 60 years of oil, gas, and geothermal reservoir stimulation. The two processes are connected by similar canonical mathematical models and a number of similarities in observed morphologies. However, there are also important differences, both in terms of dominant physical processes and resulting behaviors. Motivated by the similarities and contrasts in both models and observations, the objective of this session is to bring together field observations with simulations and laboratory analogue models to examine the complementarity and similarity of behaviors across natural and engineered fluid-driven fractures. We particularly encourage submissions whereby numerical and/or analogue models are used to guide interpretation of geological observations, promote geochemical/geochronological comparisons, and improve the effectiveness of reservoir stimulation.
Index Terms:

5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
8178 Tectonics and magmatism [TECTONOPHYSICS]


Primary Convener:  Delal Gunaydin, University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Conveners:  Joseph Morris1, Wei Fu1 and Andrew Bunger2, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States(2)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Delal Gunaydin, University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
 
Phase-field simulation of fluid inclusion migration due to underground excavation in rock salt (514358)
Keita Yoshioka, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Hua Shao, BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany, Olaf Kolditz, Helmholtz Center UFZ, Leipzig, Germany and Thomas Nagel, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Chair of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Freiberg, Germany
 
Stress Patterns around Pressurized Elliptical Holes in Tectonic Regimes and Implications for Fracture Propagation and Caging (565397)
Daniel Schultz-Ela, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO, United States
 
Evolution of a Shallow Fracture Driven Magma Intrusions (590728)
Zhiqiao Wang, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing, China and Emmanuel Detournay, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
 
Laboratory Demonstration of Rope-Like Fluid Channeling along Natural Fracture Intersections (591651)
Delal Gunaydin1, Navid Zolfaghari1 and Andrew Bunger2, (1)University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
 
Combined Impact of Stress and Structure on Hydraulic Fracture Height Growth (597810)
Qiao Lu1, Andrew Bunger1, Jose I Adachi2, Amr EI-Fayoumi2 and Karim Zaki2, (1)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)Chevron ETC, Houston, TX, United States
 
The near-tip region of a hydraulic fracture with pressure-dependent fluid exchange between the fracture and permeable rock (608140)
Evgenii Alekseevich Kanin1, Dmitry Garagash2 and Andrei Osiptsov1, (1)Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Multiphase Systems Lab, Moscow, Russia, (2)Dalhousie University, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Halifax, NS, Canada
 
Multiscale Simulations of Swarming Hydraulic Fractures Observed at the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS) (620285)
Wei Fu, Joseph Morris, Pengcheng Fu, Jixiang Huang, Christopher Scott Sherman, Randolph R Settgast, Hui Wu and Frederick J Ryerson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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