WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, VOL. 38, NO. 2, 10.1029/2001WR000246, 2002

Article Map

• Abstract
• 1.  Introduction
• 2.  Methodology
• 2.1.  Experimental Setup
• 2.2.  NMRI
• 2.3.  Mineralogical Analysis of Source Rock
• 3.  Results
• 3.1.  Developing Fracture Morphology
• 3.2.  Developing Flow Patterns
• 4.  Discussion
• 4.1.  Flow Patterns Versus Fracture Morphology
• 4.1.1.  Flow rates versus apertures
• 4.1.1.1.  Direct observations
• 4.1.1.2.  Overlap between critical regions
• 4.1.1.3.  Power law
• 4.1.1.4.  Comparison to local cubic law (LCL)
• 4.1.2.  Flow rates versus geometric tortuosity
• 4.2.  Flow Regimes
• 4.3.  Dissolution Patterns
• 4.3.1.  Changing fracture morphology
• 4.3.2.  Dissolution regimes
• 4.3.2.1.  Flow-driven dissolution
• 4.3.2.2.  Buoyancy-driven dissolution
• 4.3.2.3.  Mineralogy-driven dissolution
• 4.3.3.  Changing flow patterns
• 4.3.3.1.  Developing velocity profiles
• 4.3.3.2.  Dynamic flow rates
• 4.3.3.3.  Stratified flow patterns
• 5.  Summary and Conclusions
• 6.  Acknowledgments
• References
• Figures
• Figure 1.
• Figure 2.
• Figure 3.
• Figure 4.
• Figure 5.
• Figure 6.
• Tables
• Table 1. Experimental Parameters for the Three Fracture Systems
• Table 2. NMRI Parameters for the Three Fracture Systems

Citation: Dijk, P. E., B. Berkowitz, and Y. Yechieli, Measurement and analysis of dissolution patterns in rock fractures, Water Resour. Res., 38(2), 10.1029/2001WR000246, 2002.

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