Laboratory Experiments on Hydrofracture and the Permeability of Hot Granite

It has been proposed that an artificial geothermal reservoir could be created by injecting water under high pressure through a hole drilled into a hot dry batholith. By drilling a second hole to intersect the plane created by hydraulic fracture, a fluid circulation system could be created by pumping...

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Published in:	University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)
Main Author:	James D. Byerlee
Other Authors:	D. A. Lockner, R. Scott Summers
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of North Texas 1976
Subjects:	Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Rock Mechanics and Modeling Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications hydraulic fracturing permeability shear fracture tension fractures fracture orientation injection rate acoustic emission magnetic field changes hot dry rock
Online Access:	https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc885897/
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