Gas permeability of SENM rock salt [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
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- Pages: 42 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Laboratory measurements of the argon gas permeability for rock salt specimens from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in Southeast New Mexico (SENM) are obtained by using a transient, pressure-step technique. Hydrostatic and differential pressure states are investigated as a function of confining pressure and time. These data, when combined with the results of other experimenters, lead to the conclusions that the in-situ permeability of the undisturbed formation is less than 0.05 ..mu..d; the introduction of non-lithostatic stress states into the formation, as with mining, may produce connected porosity that will increase the permeability of the formation; and, hydrostatic pressure states applied for finite time periods tend to heal the formation to its original undisturbed state.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:sand-78-2287
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1979.
"sand-78-2287"
Sutherland, H.J.; Cave, S.
Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA) - Funding Information:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
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