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DUSEL Experiment Development and Coordination (DEDC) NSF Visit March 19 & 20, 2008 Steve Elliott, Derek Elsworth, Larry Murdoch, Tullis C. Onstott and Hank Sobel

Transcript of lopment and Coordination (DEDC)

DU

SEL

Expe

rimen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n (D

EDC

)N

SF V

isit

Mar

ch 1

9 &

20,

200

8St

eve

Ellio

tt, D

erek

Els

wor

th, L

arry

Mur

doch

, Tul

lis C

. Ons

tott

and

Han

k So

bel

Purp

ose

Bro

adca

st re

cent

act

iviti

es to

war

ds th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

de

ep u

nder

grou

nd s

cien

ce a

nd e

ngin

eerin

g la

bora

tory

(D

US

EL)

Sha

re s

cien

ce o

ppor

tuni

ties

with

the

rese

arch

and

aca

dem

ic

com

mun

ity b

eyon

d th

ose

alre

ady

enga

ged

with

in D

US

EL-

rela

ted

activ

ities

Sol

icit

inpu

t fro

m N

SF

rega

rdin

g ho

w D

US

EL

can

best

ser

ve

thei

r nee

ds a

nd th

e ne

eds

of th

eir r

esea

rch

cons

titue

ncie

s

Out

line

Why

DU

SE

L?R

ecen

t Pat

h an

d C

urre

nt S

tatu

s of

DU

SE

LS

ocie

tal I

mpe

rativ

es fo

r Geo

-Sci

ence

and

Geo

-Eng

inee

ring

Ove

rvie

w o

f Pro

pose

d D

US

EL

Sci

ence

Pla

n (O

bjec

tives

)U

nder

grou

nd U

nive

rse

(Phy

sics

and

Ast

roph

ysic

s)R

estle

ss E

arth

(Geo

scie

nce)

Dar

k Li

fe (B

iolo

gy)

Gro

und

Trut

h (G

eoen

gine

erin

g)

Wha

t Will

Be

the

Ben

efits

of D

US

EL?

(Out

com

es)

The

Pat

h A

head

Phys

ics

and

Ast

roph

ysic

s G

rand

Q

uest

ions

Cov

erag

e of

the

gran

d qu

estio

nsW

hat i

s th

e D

ark

Mat

ter?

Exp

lora

tion

and

expl

oita

tion

of n

eutri

nos

to

unco

ver t

he o

rigin

of m

ass

and

mat

ter,

and

to u

nder

stan

d th

e su

nA

re p

roto

ns re

ally

sta

ble?

Orig

ins

of th

e E

lem

ents

?W

hy s

tudy

the

Uni

vers

e fro

m 1

-2 m

iles

unde

rgro

und?

are

like

a w

hisp

er in

Man

hatta

n tra

ffic

Inte

rest

ing

parti

cles

of a

stro

phys

ical

orig

in

13 in

tera

ct w

hen

pass

ing

thro

ugh

the

who

le e

arth

!D

etec

tors

as

pure

and

mas

sive

as

poss

ible

Rec

ent E

volu

tion

of D

USE

L

2000

:Hom

esta

ke c

losu

re a

nnou

ncem

ent.

Mee

ting

with

Ear

th

scie

nce

and

phys

ics

com

mun

ities

2001

: Und

ergr

ound

Sci

ence

Mee

tings

; Ear

th s

cien

ce, p

hysi

cs a

nd

geom

icro

biol

ogy

wor

ksho

ps20

02: N

SF

visi

t, A

RM

A/N

RC

and

NeS

S m

eetin

g20

03: A

RM

A-N

SF

and

Ear

thLa

b re

ports

2004

: NS

F S

-pro

cess

ann

ounc

emen

t, S

-1 w

orks

hops

Inau

gura

l Wor

ksho

p B

erke

ley

Aug

ust 2

004

Geo

Sci

ence

and

Geo

Eng

inee

ring

Bla

cksb

urg

Nov

embe

r 200

4B

io-a

nd G

eo-s

cien

ces

Bou

lder

Jan

uary

200

5S

ynth

esis

M

inne

apol

is J

une

2005

2005

: S-2

app

licat

ions

, H

-H s

elec

tion

+ 2,

AG

U to

wnh

all,

S-2

wor

ksho

ps20

06: C

DR

-100

for S

3 &

S-1

Rep

orts

2007

: CD

R-2

50 fo

r S-3

Hom

esta

ke S

ite S

elec

tion

Est

ablis

h D

ED

C a

nd D

esig

n In

itial

Sui

te o

f Exp

erim

ents

2009

MR

EFC

App

licat

ion

2011

Initi

al S

uite

of E

xper

imen

tatio

n

AR

MA

-NS

F-N

eSS

W

orks

hop

Res

ourc

e R

ecov

ery

Petr

oleu

m a

nd N

atur

al G

as R

ecov

ery

In S

itu M

inin

gH

DR

/EG

SPo

tabl

e W

ater

Sup

ply

Min

ing

Hyd

rolo

gyW

aste

Con

tain

men

t/Dis

posa

lD

eep

Was

teIn

ject

ion

Nuc

lear

Was

teD

ispo

sal

CO

2Se

ques

trat

ion

Cry

ogen

icSt

orag

e/Pe

trol

eum

/Gas

Site

Res

tora

tion

Aqui

ferR

emed

iatio

nU

nder

grou

ndC

onst

ruct

ion

Civ

ilIn

fras

truc

ture

Min

ing

Und

ergr

ound

Spac

eSe

cure

Stru

ctur

es

Scie

ntifi

c R

atio

nale

&

Soc

ieta

l Im

pera

tives

Mai

nly

Geo

Mec

hani

cs

Mai

nly

Geo

Hyd

rolo

gy

Bot

h G

eoH

ydro

logy

an

d G

eoM

echa

nics

Spat

ial s

cale

, x,y

,z

Dep

th, z

->

4D -

Exp

erim

ents

with

in a

blo

ck o

f roc

k (~

km-s

cale

) at d

epth

and

at i

n si

tute

mpe

ratu

re a

nd s

tress

.

Acc

ess

to fl

uids

and

gas

with

min

imal

co

ntam

inat

ion

for m

olec

ular

stu

dies

.

Cap

abili

ties

to c

hara

cter

ize

the

rock

bl

ock

at m

ultip

le s

cale

s.

Acc

ess

to c

ontro

lled

ener

gy s

ourc

es.

Pro

xim

al a

cces

s to

cle

an la

bora

tory

, fa

bric

atio

n fa

cilit

ies

and

uni

que

tech

nolo

gies

.

Why

DU

SEL?

The

Geo

-Uni

vers

e Sc

ienc

e Q

uest

ions

Dar

k Li

fe (B

iolo

gy)

How

dee

p do

es li

fe g

o?D

o bi

olog

y an

d ge

olog

y in

tera

ct to

sha

pe th

e w

orld

und

ergr

ound

?H

ow d

oes

subs

urfa

ce m

icro

bial

life

evo

lve

in is

olat

ion?

Did

life

on

earth

orig

inat

e be

neat

h th

e su

rface

?

Res

tless

Ear

th (G

eosc

ienc

es)

Wha

t are

the

inte

ract

ions

am

ong

subs

urfa

ce p

roce

sses

?A

re u

nder

grou

nd re

sour

ces

of d

rinki

ng w

ater

saf

e an

d se

cure

?C

an w

e fo

rew

arn

of e

arth

quak

es?

Can

we

view

com

plex

und

ergr

ound

pro

cess

es in

act

ion?

Gro

und

Trut

h (G

eoen

gine

erin

g)W

hat l

ies

betw

een

bore

hole

s?H

ow c

an te

chno

logy

lead

to a

saf

er u

nder

grou

nd?

How

do

wat

er a

nd h

eat f

low

dee

p un

derg

roun

d?

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Bio

-Geo

-Eng

Lab

orat

ory

Cam

pus

+ W

hole

-min

e ac

tiviti

es (6

0 le

vels

)

Ros

sY

ates

#5 S

haft

4850

L 7400

L

#6 W

inze

#4 S

haft

8000

L

300

L

1 km

2

6100

L

~160

00+

Tota

l

10km

3 +

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Site

Con

ditio

ns:

Pro

tero

zoic

Stra

tigra

phy

Griz

zly

Form

atio

n -M

etag

rayw

acke

, ser

icite

-bio

tite

schi

st

Flag

Roc

k Fo

rmat

ion

-Bio

tite-

seric

ite s

chis

t, gr

aphi

tic p

hylli

te

Nor

thw

este

rn F

orm

atio

n -B

iotit

e-qt

z-se

ricite

-gar

net s

chis

t

Elli

son

Form

atio

n -Q

uartz

ites,

Ser

icite

-bio

tite

schi

st a

nd p

hylli

te

Hom

esta

ke F

orm

atio

n -G

rune

rite/

Sid

erite

sch

ist,

cher

t

Poo

rman

For

mat

ion

-Ser

icite

-bio

tite

carb

onat

e ph

yllit

e

Yate

s U

nit -

Hor

nble

nde-

plag

iocl

ase

schi

st a

nd a

mph

ibol

ite

Gre

ensc

hist

Am

phib

olite

gra

de

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Sub

surfa

ce g

eolo

gy is

com

plex

, wel

l-kn

own.

S

truct

ure:

Isoc

linal

fold

s, s

hear

zon

es,

gene

ral d

ip 6

5oN

E.

Late

r joi

nt s

et.

Wid

e ra

nge

of ro

ck c

ompo

sitio

ns a

t ev

ery

leve

l.

X-S

ectio

n

Map

s30

0 L

4850

L

7400

LN65

Con

ditio

ns:

Geo

logy

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Act

ive

Pro

cess

es a

nd S

ite C

ondi

tions

Pro

cess

esFl

owTr

ansp

ort

Def

orm

atio

nR

eact

ion

Div

ersi

tyA

ctiv

ityE

volu

tion

Con

ditio

nsLa

rge

Sca

leLa

rge

Stre

ssD

etai

led

and

Con

trolle

d A

cces

sLo

ng D

urat

ion

Phy

sica

l, ch

emic

al a

nd

biol

ogic

al h

eter

ogen

eity

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Exa

mpl

e IS

E: I

nduc

ed ro

ck d

efor

mat

ion

proc

esse

s

Frac

ture

pro

paga

tion

Flui

d flo

w in

net

wor

ksD

efor

mab

le fr

actu

res

Faul

ting

Sca

ling

of fr

actu

re e

nerg

y

cm

San

Andr

eas

Faul

t, C

arriz

o P

lain

, CA

Pro

paga

tion

of fa

ult i

n in

tact

rock

Gou

ge d

evel

opm

ent

Fric

tion

law

sFa

ult r

eact

ivat

ion

Cor

resp

ondi

ng s

eism

ic re

spon

se

Clic

k to

edi

t Mas

ter t

itle

styl

e

14

y

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

App

roac

h

Cre

ate

idea

lized

frac

ture

s fo

r bas

ic p

roce

sses

, the

n m

ove

to

natu

ral f

ract

ures

Hyd

raul

ic fr

actu

ring

to e

valu

ate

Mod

e I p

ropa

gatio

n C

hang

e st

ress

es u

sing

ther

mal

tech

niqu

ede

sign

er

fract

ures

Sm

all s

tress

cha

nge

a. s

tress

and

per

mea

bilit

y (u

p to

crit

ical

stre

ss)

b. c

reat

e cr

oss-

cutti

ng h

frxde

velo

pmen

t of p

erco

latin

g ne

twor

ksLa

rge

stre

ss c

hang

ea.

slip

on

exis

ting

fract

ures

b.

gou

ge d

evel

opm

ent

c. f

ault

grow

th

Use

wel

l und

erst

ood/

desi

gned

frac

ture

s an

d fra

ctur

e ne

twor

ks to

: C

hara

cter

ize

scal

ing

of fr

actu

re e

nerg

y 1

m

102 m

; (10

3 m?)

Det

erm

ine

disp

lace

men

t dur

ing

pres

sure

cha

nge

a. s

tiffn

ess

vs. a

pertu

reb.

pre

ssur

e de

pend

ent p

erm

eabi

lity

c. d

iagn

ostic

tool

(e.g

. in

situ

frac

ture

net

wor

k ch

arac

teriz

atio

n)

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Frac

ture

Pro

paga

tion

Cor

e fr

om fr

ont o

f a h

ydra

ulic

frac

ture

. Pi

cean

ce b

asin

nea

r Rifl

e, C

olor

ado,

715

0 ft

dept

h [W

arpi

nski

et a

l., 1

993]

PM

MA

Cy

lin

dric

al

Sa

mp

leV

ideo

Cam

era

Level

-

weig

ht

Sy

stem

End

View

Side

Vie

w

Hyd

raul

ic fr

actu

re w

ith se

gmen

ts a

t le

adin

g ed

ge c

reat

ed in

labo

rato

ry

[Ger

man

ovic

h et

al.

2007

]S

egm

enta

tion

at fr

actu

re ti

p ap

pear

s to

dom

inat

e en

ergy

requ

irem

ents

for

prop

agat

ion

depe

nds

on s

ize

and

conf

inin

g st

ress

. N

eed

expe

rimen

ts.

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Faul

ting

Util

ize

larg

e, n

atur

al in

-situ

stre

sses

Cre

ate

failu

re b

y re

duci

ngex

istin

g lo

ad

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Con

cept

1.C

reat

e a

pair

of p

aral

lel l

ines

of

bor

ehol

es n

orm

al to

3

2.C

oolin

g by

T

redu

ces

3an

d al

low

s co

ntro

lled

mod

ifica

tion

of s

tress

sta

te b

etw

een

lines

3.R

educ

e 3

betw

een

bore

hole

s un

til fa

ilure

occ

urs

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Cou

ld it

wor

k?P

relim

inar

y m

odel

ing 1

13 d

ays

T

bt

DT

Will

it be

fast

eno

ugh

to

be p

ract

ical

?

b

w

L

Will

the

stre

ss c

hang

e en

ough

to

cau

se fa

ultin

g?

32

22 M

PaT

TD

tL

Assu

me

Dep

th: 1

km

E:

101

1Pa

T: 1

02K

: 1

0-5

K-1

DT:

10

-6m

2 /s:

26

00 k

g/m

3

b:

1m

1:

25 M

Pa3:

23

MPa

w:

3m

L:

10m

Feas

ible

to c

reat

e sm

all f

aults

in in

tact

rock

to

stud

y ea

rthqu

ake

trigg

erin

g at

DU

SE

L. N

eed

rang

e of

stre

sses

, roc

k ty

pes;

tim

e to

dev

elop

Num

eric

al a

naly

ses

317

MPa

failu

re

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Frac

ture

s an

d S

calin

g of

Per

mea

bilit

y

Spat

ial S

cale

, m

10-1

0

10-1

4

10-1

8

102

101

100

10-1

103

Lab

scal

eFi

eld

scal

e

Regi

onal

sc

ale

?

Permeability, m2

Frac

ture

s in

ters

ect t

o fo

rm p

erco

latin

g cl

uste

rs

[e.g

. Der

show

itz, 2

004]

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Frac

ture

per

mea

bilit

y an

d st

ress

How

do

fract

ures

dev

elop

in

to c

lust

er o

f con

nect

ed

netw

orks

?

How

doe

s st

ate

of s

tress

af

fect

pro

perti

es?

DU

SE

L de

wat

erin

g =

1000

m c

hang

e in

w

ater

leve

l;

10 M

Pa c

hang

e in

ef

fect

ive

stre

ss.

Con

dtio

ns a

t DU

SE

L w

ill te

st

this

hyp

othe

sis

Clic

k to

edi

t Mas

ter t

itle

styl

e

21

y

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Bio

-Geo

-Eng

Lab

orat

ory

Cam

pus

+ W

hole

-min

e ac

tiviti

es (6

0 le

vels

)

Ros

sY

ates

#5 S

haft

4850

L 7400

L80

00L

300

L

1 km

2

6100

L

~160

00+

Tota

l

10km

3 +

DU

SE

L E

xper

imen

t Dev

elop

men

t and

Coo

rdin

atio

n

M

arch

, 200

8

Act

ive

Pro

cess

es a

nd S

ite C

ondi

tions

Pro

cess

esFl

owTr

ansp

ort

Def

orm

atio

nR

eact

ion

Div

ersi

tyA

ctiv

ityE

volu

tion

Con

ditio

nsLa

rge

Sca

leLa

rge

Stre

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L E

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Impa

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L E

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des

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SE

L E

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Initi

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bien

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rans

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