Using SF6 and Xe to Monitor Gas Migration Through Explosion-Generated Fracture Networks

Stroujkova, A.; Gorman, E.; Avendaño, S. T.; Horne, M.; Person, M. A.; Hubbard, P.; Salerno, J.; Carrigan, C. R.; Harp, Dylan Robert; Stauffer, Philip H.

doi:10.1029/2019jb018992

Title: Using SF₆ and Xe to Monitor Gas Migration Through Explosion-Generated Fracture Networks

Authors:

^[1]; Gorman, E. ^[2]; Avendaño, S. T. ^[3]; Horne, M. ^[4];

^[4]; Hubbard, P. ^[1]; Salerno, J. ^[1];

^[5];

^[3];

^[3]

Applied Research Associates, Lexington MA (United States)
Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2020-04-15

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1660592

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1616486; OSTI ID: 1813696

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-24483; LLNL-JRNL-817844
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; HDTRA1‐17‐1‐0040; AC52-06NA25396; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 125; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES; underground explosion monitoring; gas transport; fractured rock; gas sampling; Geosciences, Environmental sciences

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                    Stroujkova, A., Gorman, E., Avendaño, S. T., Horne, M., Person, M. A., Hubbard, P., Salerno, J., Carrigan, C. R., Harp, Dylan Robert, and Stauffer, Philip H. Using SF6 and Xe to Monitor Gas Migration Through Explosion-Generated Fracture Networks.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Stroujkova, A., Gorman, E., Avendaño, S. T., Horne, M., Person, M. A., Hubbard, P., Salerno, J., Carrigan, C. R., Harp, Dylan Robert, & Stauffer, Philip H. Using SF6 and Xe to Monitor Gas Migration Through Explosion-Generated Fracture Networks.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb018992

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                    Stroujkova, A., Gorman, E., Avendaño, S. T., Horne, M., Person, M. A., Hubbard, P., Salerno, J., Carrigan, C. R., Harp, Dylan Robert, and Stauffer, Philip H. Wed .  
"Using SF6 and Xe to Monitor Gas Migration Through Explosion-Generated Fracture Networks".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb018992.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660592.

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  title        = {Using SF6 and Xe to Monitor Gas Migration Through Explosion-Generated Fracture Networks},

  author       = {Stroujkova, A. and Gorman, E. and Avendaño, S. T. and Horne, M. and Person, M. A. and Hubbard, P. and Salerno, J. and Carrigan, C. R. and Harp, Dylan Robert and Stauffer, Philip H.},

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  journal      = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth},

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  volume       = 125,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2020},

  month        = {4}

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