Geomechanical, microstructural, and petrophysical evolution in experimentally reactivated cataclasites: Applications to fault seal prediction

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1383-1405

  Dewhurst N , David ^a   Jones M , Richard ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SEALS;

CRACKS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CATACLASITE; FAULT; GEOMECHANICS; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEALING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036695650     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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