The Use of Shear-Thinning Fluids as “Smart” Tracers to Infer Fracture Network Properties

Clément Roques1, John Steven Selker1, Tanguy Le Borgne2, Yves Meheust3, Majdi Abou Najm4, Willie E. Rochefort5, Philippe Davy6, Olivier Bour7, Marion Loiseau5, Sophie Givens5 and Billi Jean Herring5, (1)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)University of Rennes 1, Géosciences Rennes UMR 6118, Rennes, France, (3)University of Rennes, Geosciences, CNRS, UMR 6118, Rennes Cedex, France, (4)American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, (5)Oregon State University, Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (6)Géosciences Rennes, Rennes Cedex, France, (7)Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, Rennes, France