Rock fractures and fluid flow: contemporary understanding and applications

Cover......Page 1
Rock Fractures And Fluid Flow Contemporary Understanding and Applications......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Committee On Fracture Characterization And Fluid Flow......Page 4
U.S. National Committee For Rock Mechanics......Page 5
Geotechnical Board......Page 6
Board On Energy And Environmental Systems......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 14
Executive Summary......Page 18
RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 22
1. Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow: Practical Problems......Page 28
Appendix 1.A Fractures In The Geysers Field......Page 43
Appendix 1.B Superfund Site: Byron Salvage Yard......Page 44
2. Physical Characteristics of Fractures andFracture Patterns......Page 46
Appendix 2.A Diagenetic Enhancement Of Natural Fracture Permeability......Page 101
Appendix 2.B Fracture Patterns In Frontier Formation Sandstones, Southwestern Wyoming......Page 105
Appendix 2.C Role Of Pore Fluids In The San Andreas Fault......Page 109
3. Physical Properties and Fundamental Processes in Fractures......Page 120
Appendix 3.A Seismic Displacement Discontinuity Theory......Page 166
Appendix 3.B Gravity-Driven Infiltration Flow Instability......Page 170
Appendix 3.C Influence of Two-Phase Structure On Fracture Permeability And Solute Transport......Page 173
4. Fracture Detection Methods......Page 184
Appendix 4.A Directional Borehole Radar System......Page 241
Appendix 4.B Summary Of Conventional Log Applications In Fracture Studies......Page 243
Appendix 4.C Flowmeter Case Studies......Page 247
Appendix 4.D Example Of Shear-Wave Anisotropy In Fractured Reservoirs......Page 250
5. Hydraulic and Tracer Testing of FracturedRocks......Page 260
Appendix 5.A Example Of A Conductive Network Exhibiting Fractal Geometry......Page 304
Appendix 5.B Using A Multiple-Borehole Test To Determine The Hydraulic Conductivity Tensor Of A Rock Mass......Page 305
Appendix 5.C Using A Numberical Model And Inverse Method To Analyze A Multiple-Borehole Hydraulic Test......Page 307
Appendix 5.D A Radially Convergent Flow Tracer Test In A Fractured Chalk Formation......Page 309
Appendix 5.E A Large-Scale Flow And Tracer Experiment In Granite......Page 311
Appendix 5.F Diagnostic Well Test Analysis At The Fracture Research Investigation......Page 313
Appendix 5.G The Fracture Zone Project At Finnsjön......Page 320
6. Field-Scale Flow and Transport Models......Page 324
Appendix 6.A Model Prediction Using A Continuum Approach: The URL Drawdown Experiment......Page 407
Appendix 6.B Percolation Theory......Page 410
Appendix 6.C Connectivity......Page 412
7. Induced Changes to Fracture Systems......Page 422
Appendix 7.A Natural Fracturing......Page 463
Appendix 7.B Drainage Methods In Construction......Page 465
8. Case Histories......Page 472
9. Technical Summary......Page 516
Appendix A Committee\'s Statement of Task......Page 542
Index......Page 544