University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Digital Simulation of Compaction in Sedimentary Sequences
Abstract
dc:descriptionA compaction model which incorporates energy transport with fluid flow to investigate the role of three-dimensional loading and thermal expansion of fluid in generating the excess pore pressure in nonhomogeneous sedimentary sequences is developed. In this model, physical properties of fluid and sediments are considered to vary with temperature and pressure. The Crank-Nicolson finite difference method is used to solve the partial differential equations of fluid flow and energy transport. Distributions of excess pressure and temperature are analyzed for several cases: shales, alternating layers of shale and sandstone, post-deposition condition, drained sandstone and Gulf of Mexico. Sensitivity tests are made in order to satisfy the cases with different parameters.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Geology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Chia, Yee Ping
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8026465
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68059