Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30e..71g&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 5, pp. 71-1, CiteID 1267, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016755
Physics
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Physical Properties Of Rocks: Fracture And Flow, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Transport Properties, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Permeability And Porosity, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Microstructure, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Instruments And Techniques
Scientific paper
The changes of fracture surfaces geometry and extend are studied using X-ray tomography during aperture increase due to CO2-rich fluid percolation. Dissolution experiments were conducted on two micritic rock samples; one pure calcite end-member and one with typical composition for marine carbonates (85% calcite). High-resolution digital images of the fracture geometry allow quantifying the surface properties changes over four spatial scales with a resolution of 4.91 μm. Fracture surfaces are self-affine with an initial dimension of 2.5. Dissolution of the pure-calcite sample is clearly a process of homogeneous chemical ``erosion'' of the surface elevation: fractal dimension and specific surface remains constant (1.5 times the planar surface). Conversely, for the 85% calcite sample, initial topographic surfaces of the fracture walls evolve rapidly toward ``non-topographic'' interfaces displaying overhangs due the preferential dissolution of the carbonate grains. In this case, the conventional definition of the effective aperture must be revisited. Such structures can only be assessed from 3D observations. As dissolution progresses, the specific surface increases strongly, more than 5 times the planar surface, and probably faster than the reactive surface.
Bruderer Céline
Gouze Philippe
Leprovost Richard
Loggia Didier
Noiriel Catherine
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