The interdisciplinary use of “overpressure”

Overpressure is a polysemic word that has a variety of meanings within and across different disciplines. This is likely to be a particular problem in analysis of geothermal resources, where reservoir engineers, volcanologists and structural geologists may each confidently use overpressure but mean d...

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Published inJournal of volcanology and geothermal research Vol. 341; pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Peacock, D.C.P., Anderson, M.W., Rotevatn, A., Sanderson, D.J., Tavarnelli, E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.07.2017
Subjects
Geothermal
Overpressure
Polyseme
Structural geology
Volcanology
Volcanology
Polyseme
Overpressure
Structural geology
Geothermal
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Summary:Overpressure is a polysemic word that has a variety of meanings within and across different disciplines. This is likely to be a particular problem in analysis of geothermal resources, where reservoir engineers, volcanologists and structural geologists may each confidently use overpressure but mean different things. We suggest that, to avoid confusion, the term should be carefully and accurately defined whenever used, and ideally only used to mean fluid pressure in excess of hydrostatic pressure.
ISSN:0377-0273
1872-6097
DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.005