Crustal Permeability by Gleeson, Tom -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication Conversion factors for permeability and hydraulic-conductivity units List of contributors About the companion websites Chapter 1: Introduction

Motivation and background Nomenclature: porosity, permeability, hydraulic conductivity, and relative permeability Static versus dynamic permeability Contents of this book Data structures to integrate and extend existing knowledge Acknowledgments

Chapter 2: DigitalCrust – a 4D data system of material properties for transforming research on crustal fluid flow

Motivation Data integration to transform science The DigitalCrust vision An action plan Concluding remarks Acknowledgments

Part I: The physics of permeability

Chapter 3: The physics of permeability Chapter 4: A pore-scale investigation of the dynamic response of saturated porous media to transient stresses

Introduction Background Methods Results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments

Chapter 5: Flow of concentrated suspensions through fractures: small variations in solid concentration cause significant in-plane velocity variations

Introduction Overview of experiments Image analysis Experimental results Computational simulations Concluding remarks Acknowledgments Supporting information

Chapter 6: Normal stress-induced permeability hysteresis of a fracture in a granite cylinder

Introduction Theoretical aspects Experimental procedures Experimental procedures and results Concluding remarks Acknowledgements

Chapter 7: Linking microearthquakes to fracture permeability evolution

Introduction Channeling flows through heterogeneous fractures at laboratory scale Channeling flows through heterogeneous fractures beyond laboratory scale Conclusions Acknowledgments

Chapter 8: Fractured rock stress–permeability relationships from in situ data and effects of temperature and chemical–mechanical couplings

Introduction Fractured rock stress–permeability relation and sample size effect In situ block and ultra-large core experiments Borehole injection tests Model calibration against excavation-induced permeability changes Depth-dependent permeability of shallow bedrock Model calibration against the Yucca Mountain drift scale test Thermal and chemically mediated mechanical changes Application to geoengineering activities and potential implications for crustal permeability Concluding remarks Acknowledgments

Part II: Static permeability

Chapter 9: Static permeability

Sediments and sedimentary rocks Igneous and metamorphic rocks

Part II(A): Sediments and sedimentary rocks

Chapter 10: How well can we predict permeability in sedimentary basins? Deriving and evaluating porosity–permeability equations for noncemented sand and clay mixtures

Introduction Data and methods Results Conclusions Acknowledgments Supporting information

Chapter 11: Evolution of sediment permeability during burial and subduction

Introduction Subduction zone sediments Methods Results and discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments Supporting information

Part II(B): Igneous and metamorphic rocks

Chapter 12: Is the permeability of crystalline rock in the shallow crust related to depth, lithology, or tectonic setting?

Introduction Data sources, synthesis, and analysis Results and discussion Conclusions Data availability Acknowledgments

Chapter 13: Understanding heat and groundwater flow through continental flood basalt provinces: insights gained from alternative models of permeability/depth relationships for the Columbia Plateau, United States

Introduction Background Methods of analysis and results Results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments

Chapter 14: Deep fluid circulation within crystalline basement rocks and the role of hydrologic windows in the formation of the Truth or Consequences, New Mexico low-temperature geothermal system

Introduction Field measurements Thermal Peclet number analysis methods Geothermometry methods Hydrothermal modeling methods Results Discussion and conclusions Acknowledgments

Chapter 15: Hydraulic conductivity of fractured upper crust: insights from hydraulic tests in boreholes and fluid–rock interaction in crystalline basement rocks

Introduction Permeability – significance in fractured basement rocks Permeability and fluid flow in the crust Reactive fluid flow in the crust and its effect on permeability Fluid flow and permeability structure of the upper crust Summary and conclusions Acknowledgments

Part III: Dynamic permeability

Chapter 16: Dynamic permeability

Oceanic crust Fault zones Crustal-scale behavior Effects of fluid injection at the scale of a reservoir or ore deposit

Part III(A): Oceanic crust

Chapter 17: Rapid generation of reaction permeability in the roots of black smoker systems, Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

Introduction The Troodos ophiolite: Geological setting Epidosite zones: Previous work Results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgements

Part III(B): Fault zones

Chapter 18: The permeability of active subduction plate boundary faults

Introduction Fault zone architecture: inferences about hydraulic properties and behavior Observations of fluid flow, advective transport, and simple models Quantitative constraints on fault zone permeability from measurements and flow models Implications and key outstanding questions Acknowledgments

Chapter 19: Changes in hot spring temperature and hydrogeology of the Alpine Fault hanging wall, New Zealand, induced by distal South Island earthquakes

Introduction Setting and context Copland hot spring temperature observations Fluid chemistry of Copland hot spring Dynamic shaking Permanent deformation Discussion Summary and conclusions Acknowledgements Supporting information

Chapter 20: Transient permeability in fault stepovers and rapid rates of orogenic gold deposit formation

Introduction Association between stepovers and mineralisation Geometry and scaling properties of stepovers Numerical analysis of the relationship between stepover geometry and fault damage Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgements Supporting information

Chapter 21: Evidence for long-timescale (>10 3 years) changes in hydrothermal activity induced by seismic events

Introduction Study area Methods Results Discussion and conclusions Acknowledgments

Part III(C): Crustal-scale behavior

Chapter 22: The permeability of crustal rocks through the metamorphic cycle: an overview

Introduction Permeability and fluid flow in metamorphic rocks Permeability during devolatilization The contribution of metamorphism to the permeability structure of the crust Acknowledgements

Chapter 23: An analytical solution for solitary porosity waves: dynamic permeability and fluidization of nonlinear viscous and viscoplastic rock

Introduction Mathematical formulation Analytical solution for the 1D steady state Discussion Concluding remarks Acknowledgments Appendix: nondimensionalization

Chapter 24: Hypocenter migration and crustal seismic velocity distribution observed for the inland earthquake swarms induced by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in NE Japan: implications for crustal fluid distribution and crustal permeability

Introduction Data and method Results Discussion CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 25: Continental-scale water-level response to a large earthquake

Introduction The Wenchuan earthquake and the groundwater-level monitoring network Coseismic groundwater-level changes induced by the Wenchuan earthquake Mechanisms of the coseismic water-level change Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments Supporting information

Part III(D): Effects of fluid injection at the scale of a reservoir or ore-deposit

Chapter 26: Development of connected permeability in massive crystalline rocks through hydraulic fracture propagation and shearing accompanying fluid injection

Introduction Numerical approach Experiment and numerical analysis description Results Discussion on the development of connected permeability Conclusions Acknowledgments

Chapter 27: Modeling enhanced geothermal systems and the essential nature of large-scale changes in permeability at the onset of slip

Introduction The Basel fluid injection experiment The model Initial conditions Modeling results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments

Chapter 28: Dynamics of permeability evolution in stimulated geothermal reservoirs

Introduction Methodology Coupling strategy Results Conclusion

Chapter 29: The dynamic interplay between saline fluid flow and rock permeability in magmatic–hydrothermal systems

Introduction Porphyry copper and epithermal gold deposits Methods Results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgments

Part III: Dynamic permeability

Chapter 30: Toward systematic characterization

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