"Rock Physics and Geomechanics in the Study of Reservoirs and Repositories" ed. by C. David and M. Le Ravalec-Dupin (Repost)

The aim of this book is to emphasize how rock physics and geomechanics help to get a better insight into important issues linked to reservoir management for exploitation of natural resources, and to repository safety assessment for hazardous waste storage in geological environment.

The studies presented here deal with the hydromechanical coupling in fractured rocks, the key experiments in safety assessment of repositories, the development of damaged zones during excavation in a shaley formation, the influence of temperature on the properties of shales, the poroelastic response of sandstones, the development and propagation of compaction bands in reservoir rocks, imaging techniques of geomaterials, the characterization and modelling of reservoirs using 4D seismic data, the mechanical behaviour of fractured rock masses, the petrophysical properties of fault zones, models for rock deformation by pressure solution and the elastic anisotropy in cracked rocks.

Contents
Rock physics and geomechanics in the study of reservoirs and repositories
Fractured rock hydromechanics: from borehole testing to solute transport and C02 storage
Overview of key experiments on repository characterization in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory
Velocity survey of an excavation damaged zone: influence of excavation and reloading
Temperature-induced evolution of the elastic and magnetic anisotropy in argillite samples from Bure underground research laboratory, eastern France
Investigation of the undrained poroelastic response of sandstones to confining pressure via laboratory experiment, numerical simulation and analytical calculation
Compaction bands and the formation of slot-shaped breakouts in St. Peter sandstone
Models for compaction band propagation
Characterization of pore-space heterogeneity in sandstone by X-ray computed tomography
Using production data and time domain seismic attributes for history matching
Influence of persistence on behaviour of fractured rock masses
Using physical properties to understand the porosity network geometry evolution in gradually altered granites in damage zones
Numerical modelling of pressure solution deformation at axisymmetric asperities under normal load
Weak elastic anisotropy in a cracked rock