LEADER 03514nam 2200505 450 001 9910425158803321 005 20210217145925.0 010 $a3-030-52414-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-52414-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000011457844 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-52414-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6353690 035 $a(PPN)250223163 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011457844 100 $a20210217d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aModelling the evolution of natural fracture networks $emethods for simulating the nucleation, propagation and interaction of layer-bound fractures /$fMichael John Welch, Mikael Lu?thje, Simon John Oldfield 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 230 p. 254 illus., 171 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-52413-2 327 $aIntroduction -- Conceptual Model -- Modelling Microfractures -- Modelling Macrofractures -- Active and Static Fractures -- Elastic Moduli and Stress -- Controls on Fracture Evolution -- Some Outcrop Examples -- Application to the Subsurface -- Conclusions and Further Work. 330 $aThis book presents and describes an innovative method to simulate the growth of natural fractural networks in different geological environments, based on their geological history and fundamental geomechanical principles. The book develops techniques to simulate the growth and interaction of large populations of layer-bound fracture directly, based on linear elastic fracture mechanics and subcritical propagation theory. It demonstrates how to use these techniques to model the nucleation, propagation and interaction of layer-bound fractures in different orientations around large scale geological structures, based on the geological history of the structures. It also explains how to use these techniques to build more accurate discrete fracture network (DFN) models at a reasonable computational cost. These models can explain many of the properties of natural fracture networks observed in outcrops, using actual outcrop examples. Finally, the book demonstrates how it can be incorporated into flow modelling workflows using subsurface examples from the hydrocarbon and geothermal industries. Modelling the Evolution of Natural Fracture Networks will be of interest to anyone curious about understanding and predicting the evolution of complex natural fracture networks across large geological structures. It will be helpful to those modelling fluid flow through fractures, or the geomechanical impact of fracture networks, in the hydrocarbon, geothermal, CO2 sequestration, groundwater and engineering industries. 606 $aRock deformation$xMathematical models 606 $aFaults (Geology)$xMathematical models 606 $aGeological surface processes (geomorphology) 615 0$aRock deformation$xMathematical models. 615 0$aFaults (Geology)$xMathematical models. 615 0$aGeological surface processes (geomorphology) 676 $a551.8 700 $aWelch$b Michael John$0334695 702 $aLu?thje$b Mikael 702 $aOldfield$b Simon John 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910425158803321 996 $aModelling the evolution of natural fracture networks$92096629 997 $aUNINA