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Bayesian full-waveform inversion of tube waves to estimate fracture aperture and compliance

The hydraulic and mechanical characterization of fractures is crucial for a wide range of pertinent applications, such as geothermal energy production, hydrocarbon exploration, CO2 sequestration, and nuclear waste disposal. Direct hydraulic and mechanical testing of individual fractures along boreho...

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Published in:Solid earth (Göttingen) 2020-04, Vol.11 (2), p.657-668
Main Authors: Hunziker, Jürg, Greenwood, Andrew, Minato, Shohei, Barbosa, Nicolás Daniel, Caspari, Eva, Holliger, Klaus
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Algorithms
Aperture
Apertures
Bayesian analysis
Boreholes
Carbon dioxide
Carbon sequestration
Characterization
Compliance
Criminal investigation
Data acquisition
Earth science
Exact solutions
Forward problem
Fractures
Geothermal energy
Hazardous waste management industry
Hydrophones
Inversion
Markov chains
Markov processes
Mechanical properties
Mechanical tests
Monte Carlo methods
Open fractures
Probability theory
Radioactive waste disposal
Radioactive wastes
Setting (Literature)
Statistical methods
Stochasticity
Velocity
Waste disposal
Waste management
Wave data
Waveforms
title Bayesian full-waveform inversion of tube waves to estimate fracture aperture and compliance
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