A case study of hydrocarbon transport along active faults and production-related stress changes in the Monterey Formation, California

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 209, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-26

  Chanchani, Sneha K ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^a   Barton, Colleen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SHALE; STRESS CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

ANTELOPE;

EID: 0038604024     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.209.01.03     Document Type: Article

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