Using the Link Between Diagenesis and Fracturing to Accurately Predict, Characterize, and Model Fluid-Flow in Fractured Carbonate Rocks

Author(s):  
Julia F.W. Gale ◽  
Stephen E. Laubach ◽  
Jon Edward Olson ◽  
Randall Marrett

Author(s):  
Michel Molina Del Sol ◽  
Eduardo Arbieto Alarcon ◽  
Rafael José Iorio

In this study, we continue our study of the Cauchy problem associated with the Brinkman equations [see (1.1) and (1.2) below] which model fluid flow in certain types of porous media. Here, we will consider the flow in the upper half-space \[ \mathbb{R}_{+}^{3}=\left\{\left(x,y,z\right) \in\mathbb{R}^{3}\left\vert z\geqslant 0\right.\right\}, \] under the assumption that the plane $z=0$ is impenetrable to the fluid. This means that we will have to introduce boundary conditions that must be attached to the Brinkman equations. We study local and global well-posedness in appropriate Sobolev spaces introduced below, using Kato's theory for quasilinear equations, parabolic regularization and a comparison principle for the solutions of the problem.







2019 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 01017
Author(s):  
Mário A. Gonçalves ◽  
Maja Vuckovic ◽  
Alfonso Fiorelli ◽  
Pedro Barrulas ◽  
José Mirão

Carbonate rocks in sedimentary basins are reactive and can record complex histories of events associated with fluid flow in these basins. These include processes of dolomitization and dedolomitization. In this work we provide some preliminary data where distinct calcite and dolomite generations in the Jurassic Lusitanian Basin were analysed by LA-ICP-MS for trace elements in order to characterize chemical signatures of fluid-mineral interaction. It was observed that different carbonate generations can preserve the range of certain trace metal concentrations, but later calcites have distinctly higher contents in REE, Th and U, and Ba. Dolomites also show distinct chemical signatures but lack of analytical and spatial resolution does not allow quantification of the precursor calcite relicts. However, these processes point to the action of basinal fluids triggered by distinct tectonic episodes and associated volcanic activity.



2020 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 103955
Author(s):  
Yintong Guo ◽  
Longfei Hou ◽  
Yiming Yao ◽  
Luo Zuo ◽  
Zhiying Wu ◽  
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