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Title: Self-Organized Megastructures in Sedimentary Basins

Abstract

The overall theme of the project is to develop a quantitative understanding of basin reaction/transport/mechanical (RTM) processes on a broad range of scales. Our approach starts with the development of novel formulations of the basic RTM process rate laws (e.g. rock deformation, texture dynamics, and fracturing). We then set forth algorithms for solving the resulting partial differential equations numerically. As many of the parameters in the subsurface are not well known, we embed the entire approach in a probabilistic framework through information theory. The result is a set of novel software and conceptual papers that have been the first quantitative theory of a number of fundamental phenomena that take into account the full RTM dynamics of these systems.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Indiana University (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
825402
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-91ER14175
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 30 Jun 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; 58 GEOSCIENCES; ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; FRACTURING; INFORMATION THEORY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; TEXTURE; BASIN MODELING; FLUID FLOW; REACTION/TRANSPORT MODELING

Citation Formats

Ortoleva, Peter J. Self-Organized Megastructures in Sedimentary Basins. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/825402.
Ortoleva, Peter J. Self-Organized Megastructures in Sedimentary Basins. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/825402
Ortoleva, Peter J. 2004. "Self-Organized Megastructures in Sedimentary Basins". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/825402. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/825402.
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year = {Wed Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
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