Influence of anisotropy in mechanical properties of muddy aquatic sediment on CH₄ bubble growth direction and migration pattern

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• alignment 7%
• anisotropy 69%
• bubble 72%
• clay 5%
• experiment 3%
• fracture toughness 9%
• gas 16%
• gas network 12%
• gas storage 10%
• greenhouse gas 7%
• infrastructure 5%
• mechanical property 66%
• methane 6%
• particle 8%
• preferred orientation 9%
• sediment 38%
• shallow water 6%
• water body 7%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Anisotropy 84%
• Clay 9%
• Experiments 3%
• Fracture toughness 9%
• Gases 34%
• Greenhouse gases 10%
• Lead 18%
• Mechanical properties 52%
• Methane 9%
• Numerical models 8%
• Sediments 100%
• Water 5%