Evolution of damage zone geometry and intensity in porous sandstone: Insight gained from strain energy density

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 939-949

  Okubo, Chris H ^a,b   Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting; Naturally fractured reservoirs; Plastic deformation; Sandstone; Wingate Sandstone

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; FAULT; SANDSTONE;

EID: 27844540364     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-148     Document Type: Article

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