2D micromodel studies of pore-throat clogging by pure fine-grained sediments and natural sediments from NGHP-02, offshore India

Fine-grained sediments, or “fines,” are nearly ubiquitous in natural sediments, even in the predominantly coarse-grained sediments that host gas hydrates. Fines within these sandy sediments can be mobilized and subsequently clog flow pathways while methane is being extracted from gas hydrate as an energy resource. Using two-dimensional (2D) micromodels to test the conditions in which clogging occurs provides insights for choosing production operation parameters that optimize methane recovery in the field. During methane extraction, several processes can alter the mobility and clogging potential of fines: (1) fluid flow as the formation is depressurized to release methane from gas hydrate, (2) shifting pore-fluid...

Categories: Data; Tags: 2D micromodel, Bay of Bengal, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geophysics, Indian Ocean, All tags... Krishna-Godavari Basin, Laboratory, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Marine Geology, NGHP-02, NGHP-02-09, NGHP-02-16, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, bentonite, brine, calcium carbonate, clogging, deionized water, diatoms, earth material properties, fine-grained sediment, gas hydrate resources, geoscientificInformation, illite, image analysis, kaolin, laboratory experiments, mica, natural resource extraction, optical microscopy, permeability, silica silt, soil sciences, Fewer tags

Imagery (Optical and SEM), Element Maps (SEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectra (SEM-EDS) of Solids Used in USGS' Study of Hexavalent Chromium Contamination of Ground Water Near Hinkley, CA

This child page contains qualitative multi-element compositional data from scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectrometry. The data are in the form of element maps and normalized compositional data from spots or areas. These qualitative data are accompanied by backscattered electron images and, in some cases, corresponding optical images. Quantitative measurement of features in a subset of the optical images is also presented. Data collected after July 22, 2019 are subject to secondary data review as required by the Energy and Minerals Mission Area Quality Management System (EMMA QMS). As this process is not yet complete, data collected after July 22, 2019 must be considered preliminary or provisional...

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Hinkley, San Bernardino, biological and physical processes, biota, All tags... chemical analysis, chromium, contaminant transport, geochemistry, iron, manganese, optical microscopy, oxidation and reduction, scanning electron microscopy, time series datasets, Fewer tags