About this title - Rock Physics and Geomechanics in the Study of Reservoirs and Repositories
The study of reservoir and repository performance requires theintegration of many different fields in Earth sciences, amongthem rock physics and geomechanics. The aim of this book isto emphasize how rock physics and geomechanics help to get abetter insight into important issues linked to reservoir managementfor exploitation of natural resources, and to repository safetyassessment for hazardous waste storage in geological environment.The studies presented here deal with the hydromechanical couplingin fractured rocks, the key experiments in safety assessmentof repositories, the development of damaged zones during excavationin a shaley formation, the influence of temperature on the propertiesof shales, the poroelastic response of sandstones, the developmentand propagation of compaction bands in reservoir rocks, imagingtechniques of geomaterials, the characterization and modellingof reservoirs using 4D seismic data, the mechanical behaviourof fractured rock masses, the petrophysical properties of faultzones, models for rock deformation by pressure solution andthe elastic anisotropy in cracked rocks.
