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Evaluation of the Diametrical Core Deformation and Discing Analyses for In‑Situ Stress Estimation and Application to the 4.9 km Deep Rock Core from the Basel Geothermal Borehole, Switzerland
(2021-9-14)
Ziegler, Martin
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Valley, Benoît
The in situ state of rock mass stresses is a key design parameter, e.g., for deep engineered geothermal systems. However, knowledge of the stress state at great depths is sparse mostly because of the lack of possible in situ tests in deep boreholes. Among different options, core-based in situ stress estimation may provide valuable stress information though core-based techniques have not yet become a standard. In this study we focus on the Diametrical Core Deformation Analysis (DCDA) technique using monzogranitic to monzonitic rock drill cores from 4.9 km depth of the Basel-1 borehole in Switzerland. With DCDA the maximum and minimum horizontal stress (SHmax and Shmin) directions, and the horizontal differential stress magnitudes (∆S) can be estimated from rock cores extracted from vertical boreholes. Our study has three goals: first, to assess photogrammetric core scanning to conduct DCDA; second, to compare DCDA results with borehole breakout and stress-induced core discing fracture (CDF) data sets; and third, to investigate the impact of rock elastic anisotropy on ∆S. Our study reveals that photogrammetric scanning can be used to extract reliable core diametrical data and CDF traces. Locally aligned core pieces showed similar SHmax orientations, conform to borehole breakout results. However, the variability of core diametrical differences was large for the Basel-1 core pieces, which leads to a large spread of ∆S. Finally, we demonstrate that core elastic anisotropy must be considered, requiring robust estimates of rock elastic moduli, to receive valuable stress information from DCDA analyses.
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Fault orientations inferred from analysis of a microseismic cluster dataset of the Basel EGS reservoir agree well with borehole fracture data
(2015-11-26)
Ziegler, Martin
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Valley, Benoît
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Evans, Keith F.
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Characterisation of Natural Fractures and Fracture Zones of the Basel EGS Reservoir Inferred from Geophysical Logging of the Basel-1 Well
(2015)
Ziegler, Martin
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Valley, Benoît
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Evans, Keith
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Near-Surface Principal Stress Trajectories in Alpine Valleys (Grimsel Region Switzerland) as Inferred From Exfoliation Fracture Plumose Structure Axes and Numerical Modeling
(: American Rock Mechanics Association, 2014)
Ziegler, Martin
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Loew, Simon
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Valley, Benoît
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Amann, Florian
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Constraining DFN characteristics for deep geothermal project considering the effects of fractures on stress variability
(2014)
Valley, Benoît
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Jalali, Mohammadreza
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Ziegler, Martin
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Evans, Keith

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