Synopsis
Thrust Area 1 aims to provide an understanding of the nanometer to meter scale properties of seal rocks and fractures. The research plan is structured around four phenomena: the geochemistry of confined fluids, mineral reactivity and colloid generation at fracture surfaces, coupled mass transfer and mineral reactivity at the boundary between the fracture and the rock matrix, and coupled multiphase flow, geochemistry, and geomechanics in the fracture itself.
Ian Bourg Thrust 1 Lead |