Subsidence and capillary effects in chalks

dc.creatorDelage, Pierre
dc.creatorSchroeder, Christian
dc.creatorCui, Yu Jun
dc.date2008-03-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:17:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:17:31Z
dc.descriptionBased on the concepts of the mechanics of unsaturated soils where capillary phenomena arise between the wetting fluid (water) and the non-wetting one (air), the subsidence of chalks containing oil (non-wetting fluid) during water injection (wetting fluid) is analysed. It is shown that the collapse phenomenon of unsaturated soils under wetting provides a physical explanation and a satisfactory prediction of the order of magnitude of the subsidence of the chalk. The use of a well established constitutive model for unsaturated soils allows a description of the hydro-mechanical history of the chalk, from its deposition to the oil exploitation.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1308
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1308
dc.identifierDans EUROCK '96, Prediction and performance on rock mechanics and rock engineering - ISRM International symposium, Torino : France (1996)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/212102
dc.subjectGeophysics
dc.titleSubsidence and capillary effects in chalks
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