Sedimentary Rock Structures and Fractures: A Study on the Fracture System and Healing Behavior of the Wujiang Goupitan Hydropower Station Project

Author: Hou Guangjiu, Chen Wenli
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features:
1 Introduction
2 Regional Geological Background
2.1 Introduction to Regional Stratigraphy
2.2 Brief Description of Regional Tectonics
3 Primary and Secondary Sedimentary Structures
3.1 Physically Formed Sedimentary Structures
3.2 Chemically Formed Sedimentary Structures
3.3 Biologically Formed Sedimentary Structures
4 Introduction to Frictional Rheology and Hydraulic Fracture Theory
4.1 Frictional Rheology
4.2 Hydraulic Fracture
5 Fracture Systems and Structural Sequences
5.1 Analysis of Fracture Systems
5.2 Typical Sections of Fracture Patterns
5.3 Fracture Structures Exposed in Engineering
5.4 Northeast-Southwest Fault Zones
6 Hydraulic Fracture
6.1 Research History and Current Status of Hydraulic Fracture
6.2 Development Characteristics of Hydraulic Fracture
6.3 Analysis of Formation Conditions for Hydraulic Fracture
6.4 Discussion on the Formation Process of Hydraulic Fracture in the Dam Area
7 Framework of Rock Mass Fracturing in the Dam Area and Healing Behavior of Fracture Surfaces
7.1 Main (Dominant) Fracture Structures
7.2 Healing Behavior of Fracture Surfaces
7.3 Fluid Inclusion Characteristics
7.4 Calcite E-twin Stress Estimation
7.5 Physical Environment of the Formation of the Northeast-Southwest Structural Belt
7.6 Discussion on the Impact of Fracture Structures on Hydropower Engineering
8 Discussion and Conclusions
8.1 On NWW and NNW-trending Fracture Structures
8.2 On Interlayer Sliding and Hydraulic Fracture
8.3 Conclusions
Abstract
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Plate Description
The book analyzes the fracture system developed in the dam site area of the Wujiang Goupitan Hydropower Station, establishes the development sequence and three-dimensional forms of different fracture systems, provides rheological and dynamic interpretations, and emphasizes the key role of pore fluid pressure in the formation and development of fractures.