Subsurface Fluid Flow and Imaging

With Applications for Hydrology, Reservoir Engineering, and Geophysics

Donald Wyman Vasco, Akhil Datta-Gupta

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780521516334
• eBook ISBN:
  9781316578629
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geophysics

This book introduces methodologies for subsurface imaging based upon asymptotic and trajectory-based methods for modeling fluid flow, transport and deformation. It describes trajectory-based imaging from its mathematical formulation, through the construction and solution of the imaging equations, to the assessment of the accuracy and resolution associated with the image. Unique in its approach, it provides a unified framework for the complete spectrum of physical phenomena from wave-like hyperbolic problems to diffusive parabolic problems and non-linear problems of mixed character. The practical aspects of imaging, particularly efficient and robust methods for updating high resolution geologic models using fluid flow, transport and geophysical data, are emphasized throughout the book. Complete with online software applications and examples that enable readers to gain hands-on experience, this volume is an invaluable resource for graduate-level courses, as well as for academic researchers and industry practitioners in the fields of geoscience, hydrology, and petroleum and environmental engineering.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 The propagation of a disturbance in relation to imaging
• 2 Principles and equations governing fluid flow and deformation
• 3 Trajectory-based modeling
• 4 Equations in diffusion form
• 5 Equations governing advection and transport
• 6 Immiscible fluid flow
• 7 Coupled deformation and fluid flow
• 8 Appendix: a guide to the accompanying software
• References
• Index
• Colour Plates