HOW HYDROFRACTURES BECOME ARRESTED
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dc.contributor.author | Gudmundsson A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brenner S.L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-19T05:26:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-19T05:26:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier | https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=1225834 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Terra Nova, 2001, 13, 6, 456-462 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0954-4879 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.geologyscience.ru/handle/123456789/26937 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fluids in the earth's crust are commonly transported by hydrofractures, such as dykes and mineral veins, many of which become arrested at various crustal depths. Hydrofractures are commonly arrested - some showing blunt tips - at contacts between soft (low Young's modulus) and stiff (high Young's modulus) layers. For example, many dyke tips are arrested at contacts between soft pyroclastic rocks and stiff basaltic lava flows, and vein tips at contacts between soft marl and stiff limestone. Theoretical models indicate that overpressured, buoyant hydrofractures in homogeneous, isotropic host rocks should normally reach the surface. In layered host rocks, however, abrupt changes in Young's moduli, horizontal discontinuities, and layers with unusually high fracture-perpendicular stresses encourage hydrofracture arrest. It is proposed that for layer-parallel loading, stiff layers favour hydrofracture arrest during active compression but soft layers during extension. It is concluded that for hydrofracture propagation to occur, the stress field along its potential pathway must be essentially homogenous. | |
dc.title | HOW HYDROFRACTURES BECOME ARRESTED | |
dc.type | Статья |
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