Rock Damage and Fluid Transport, Part I

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dresen, Georg (Editor), Zang, Arno (Editor), Stephansson, Ove (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2006.
• Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.

Mechanical properties and fluid transport in rocks are intimately linked as deformation of a solid rock matrix immediately affects the pore space and permeability. This may result in transient or permanent changes of pore pressures and effective pressures causing rock strength to vary in space and t...