Crustal permeability: Introduction to the special issue
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Abstract
The topic of crustal permeability is of broad interest in light of the controlling effect of permeability on diverse geologic processes and also timely in light of the practical challenges associated with emerging technologies such as hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas production (‘fracking’), enhanced geothermal systems, and geologic carbon sequestration. This special issue of Geofluids is also motivated by the historical dichotomy between the hydrogeologic concept of permeability as a static material property that exerts control on fluid flow and the perspective of economic geologists, geophysicists, and crustal petrologists who have long recognized permeability as a dynamic parameter that changes in response to tectonism, fluid production, and geochemical reactions. Issues associated with fracking, enhanced geothermal systems, and geologic carbon sequestration have already begun to promote a constructive dialog between the static and dynamic views of permeability, and here we have made a conscious effort to include both viewpoints. This special issue also focuses on the quantification of permeability, encompassing both direct measurement of permeability in the uppermost crust and inferential permeability estimates, mainly for the deeper crust.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Crustal permeability: Introduction to the special issue |
| Series title | Geofluids |
| DOI | 10.1111/gfl.12118 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | National Research Program - Western Branch, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 10 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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