Patterns of fault displacement and strain at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1707-1725

  Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^b   Sims, Darrell W ^b   Franklin, Nathan ^b   Waiting, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement; Normal faults; Strain distribution; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

FLUID TRANSMISSIVITY; GEOLOGIC FAULTS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE NETWORK; REPOSITORY; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TERTIARY; TUFF;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 3242715611     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Ackermann R.V. Schlische R.W. Withjack M.O. The geometric and statistical evolution of normal fault systems: an experimental study of the effects of mechanical layer thickness on scaling laws Journal of Structural Geology 23 2001 1803-1819
2. Anders M.H. Schlische R.W. Overlapping faults, intrabasin highs, and the growth of normal faults Journal of Geology 102 1994 165-180
3. Atwater T. Implications of plate tectonics for the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of western North America Geological Society of America Bulletin 81 1970 3513-3536
4. Barton C.C. Hsieh P.A. Physical and Hydrologic-flow Properties of Fractures 1989 American Geophysical Union Washington, DC
5. Barton, C.C., Larsen, E., 1985. Fractal geometry of two-dimension fracture networks at Yucca Mountain. In: Stephanson, O. (Ed.), Fundamentals of Rock Joints. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fundamentals of Rock Joints. Sweden, Bjorkliden, pp. 77-84.
6. Barton, C.C., Larsen, E., Page, W.R., Howard, T.M., 1993. Characterizing fractured rock for fluid-flow, geomechanical, and paleostress modeling: methods and preliminary results from Yucca Mountain, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-269.
7. Bott M.H.P. The mechanics of oblique slip faulting Geological Magazine 96 1959 109-117
8. Buesch, D.C., Spengler, R.W., 1998. Character of the middle nonlithophysal zone of the Topopah Spring Tuff at Yucca Mountain. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on High Level Radioactive Waste Management, pp. 16-23.
9. Byers Jr., F.M., Carr, W.J., Orkild, P.P., Quinlivan, W.D., Sargeant, K.A., 1976. Volcanic suites and related cauldrons of the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 919.
10. Carr W.J. Styles of extension in the Nevada test site region, Southern Walker Lane Belt: an integrated volcano-tectonic and detachment fault model Geological Society of America Memoir 176 1990 283-303
11. Childs C. Watterson J. Walsh J.J. Fault overlap zones within developing normal fault systems Journal of the Geological Society of London 152 1995 535-549
12. Connor C.B. Hill B.E. Three nonhomogeneous Poisson models for the probability of basaltic volcanism: application to the Yucca Mountain region, Nevada Journal of Geophysical Research 94 1995 10,107-10,125
13. Connor C.B. Stamatakos J.A. Ferrill D.A. Hill B.E. Ofoegbu G.I. Conway F.M. Sagar B. Trapp J. Geologic factors controlling patterns of small-volume basaltic volcanism: application to a volcanic hazard assessment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Journal of Geophysical Research 105 2000 407-432
14. CRWMS M-O (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor), 1998. Geology of The Exploratory Studies Facility Topopah Spring Loop. BAB 000000-01717-0200-00002, REV 01. U.S. Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada.
15. CRWMS M-O (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor), 2000a. Fracture Geometry Analysis for the Stratigraphic Units of the Repository Host Horizon. Analysis model report. ANL-EBS-GE-000006 REV 00. U.S. Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada.
16. CRWMS M-O (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor), 2000b. Geologic Framework Model (GFM 3.1). Analysis model report. MDL-NBS-GS-000002 Rev 00 ICN 01. U.S. Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada. CRWMS M-O, ACC: MOL. 20000121.0115.
17. CRWMS M-O (Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Management and Operating Contractor), 2001. Yucca Mountain Science and Engineering Report. DOE/RW-0539. U.S. Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada.
18. Dawers N.H. Anders M.H. Displacement-length scaling and fault linkage Journal of Structural Geology 17 1995 607-614
19. Day, W.C., Dickerson, R.P., Potter, C.J., Sweetkind, D.S., San Juan, C.A., Drake II, R.M., Fridrich, C.J., 1998a. Bedrock geologic map of the Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2627, scale 1:24,000.
20. Day, W.C., Potter, C.J., Sweetkind, D.S., Dickerson, R.P., San Juan, C.A., 1998b. Bedrock geologic map of the Central Block Area, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2601, scale 1:6000.
21. Dunne, W.M., Ferrill, D.A., Crider, J.G., Hill, B.E., Waiting, D.J., La Femina, P.C., Morris, A.P., Fedors, R.W., 2003. Orthogonal jointing during coeval igneous degassing and normal faulting, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 115, 1492-1509.
22. Ferrill D.A. Morris A.P. Displacement gradient and deformation in normal fault systems Journal of Structural Geology 23 2001 619-638
23. Ferrill D.A. Stamatakos J.A. Jones S.M. Rahe B. McKague H.L. Martin R.H. Morris A.P. Quaternary slip history of the Bare Mountain fault (Nevada) from the morphology and distribution of alluvial fan deposits Geology 24 1996 559-562
24. Ferrill, D.A., Stirewalt, G.L., Henderson, D.B., Stamatakos, J.A., Spivey, K.H., Wernicke, B.P., 1996b. Faulting in the Yucca Mountain Region, Critical Review and Analyses of Tectonic Data from the Central Basin and Range. NUREG/CR-6401. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.
25. Ferrill D.A. Stamatakos J.A. Sims D. Normal fault corrugation: implications for growth and seismicity of active normal faults Journal of Structural Geology 21 1999 1027-1038
26. Ferrill D.A. Winterle J. Wittmeyer G. Sims D. Colton S. Armstrong A. Morris A.P. Stressed rock strains groundwater at Yucca Mountain, Nevada GSA Today 9 5 1999 1-8
27. Fridrich, C.J., 1999. Tectonic evolution of the Crater Flat basin, Yucca Mountain region, Nevada. In: Wright, L., Troxel, B. (Eds.), Cenozoic Basins of the Death Valley Region. Geological Society of America Special Paper 333, pp. 169-196.
28. Harmsen S.C. The Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, earthquake of 29 June 1992: aftershock focal mechanisms and tectonic stress field implications Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 84 1994 1484-1505
29. Hoek, E., Brown, E.T., 1988. The Hoek-Brown failure criterion-a 1988 update. 15th Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium, pp. 31-38.
30. Huggins P. Watterson J. Walsh J.J. Childs C. Relay zone geometry and displacement transfer between normal faults recorded in coal-mine plans Journal of Structural Geology 17 1995 1741-1755
31. Mandl G. Mechanics of Tectonic Faulting 1988 Elsevier New York
32. Mongano G.S. Singleton W.L. Moyer T.C. Beason S.C. Eatman G.L.W. Albin A.L. Lung R.C. Geology of the Enhanced Characterization of the Repository Block Cross Drift-Exploratory Studies Facility, Yucca Mountain Project, Yucca Mountain, Nevada 1999 Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Geological Survey Denver, CO
33. Morris A.P. Ferrill D.A. Henderson D.B. Slip tendency analysis and fault reactivation Geology 24 1996 275-278
34. Oldow, J.S., 1992. Late Cenozoic displacement partitioning in the northwestern Great Basin. Geological Society of Nevada, Proceedings Volume, Walker Lane Symposium, Structure, Tectonics - Mineralization of the Walker Lane, pp. 17-52.
35. Peacock D.C.P. Sanderson D.J. Geometry and development of relay ramps in normal fault systems American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 78 1994 147-165
36. Potter, C.J., Dickerson, R.P., Sweetkind, D.S., Drake II, R.M., Taylor, E.M., Fridrich, C.J., San Juan, C.A., Day, W.C., 2002. Geologic map of the Yucca Mountain region, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2755, scale 1:50,000, 37pp. pamphlet.
37. 39Ar geochronology, and implications for magmatism and extension Geological Society of America Bulletin 106 1994 1304-1318
38. Scott, R.B., Bonk, J., 1984. Preliminary geologic map of Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada with Geologics. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-494.
39. Simonds, W.F., Whitney, J.W., Fox, K., Ramelli, A., Yount, J.C., Carr, M.D., Menges, C.D., Dickerson, R., Scott, R.B., 1995. Map of fault activity of the Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2520, scale 1:24,000.
40. Sims, D.W., Morris, A.P., Ferrill, D.A., Sorkhabi, R., 2004. Extensional fault systems evolution and reservoir connectivity. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir: Faults, Fluid Flow, and Petroleum Traps, in press.
41. Snow J.K. Wernicke B.P. Cenozoic tectonism in the central Basin and Range: magnitude, rate, and distribution of upper crustal strain American Journal of Science 300 2000 659-719
42. Stock, J.M., Healy, J.H., 1988. Stress field at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, geologic and hydrologic investigations of a potential nuclear waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada. In: Carr, M.D., Yount, J.C. (Eds.), U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1790, pp. 87-94.
43. Stock J.M. Healy J.H. Hickman S.H. Zoback M.D. Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and relationship to regional stress field Journal of Geophysical Research 90 1985 8691-8706
44. Sweetkind, D.S., Anna, L.O., Williams-Stroud, S.C., Coe, J.A., 1997. Characterizing the fracture network at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Part 1: integration of field data for numerical simulations, fractured reservoirs. In: Hoak, T.E., Blomquist, P.K., Klawitter, A. (Eds.), Characterization and Modeling Guidebook-1997. Rocky Mountain, Denver, CO. Association of Geologists, pp. 185-196.
45. Sweetkind, D.S., Beason, S.C., Buesch, D.C., 2004. Overview of the stratigraphic and structural setting of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. International Journal of Rock Mechanics, in press.
46. Trudgill B. Cartwright J. Relay-ramp forms and normal-fault linkages, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Geological Society of America Bulletin 106 1994 1143-1157
47. Twiss R.J. Moores E.M. Structural Geology 1992 W.H. Freeman and Company New York
48. U.S. Department of Energy, 1998. Viability assessment of a repository at Yucca Mountain, Volume 3: total system performance assessment, DOE/RW-0508/V3, December 1998.
49. U.S. Geological Survey, 1999. North America shaded relief map, editorial. U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Reston, Virginia, http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html. filename: shdrfi0201.tar.92. http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html
50. Walsh, J.J., Watterson, J., 1991. Geometric and kinematic coherence and scale effects in normal fault systems. In: Roberts, A.M., Yielding, G., Freeman, B. (Eds.), The Geometry of Normal Faults. Geological Society of London Special Publication 56, pp 193-203.
51. Walsh J.J. Bailey W.R. Childs C. Nicol A. Bonson C.G. Formation of segmented normal faults: a 3D perspective Journal of Structural Geology 25 2003 1251-1262
52. Willemse E.J.M. Pollard D.D. Aydin A. Three-dimensional analyses of slip distributions on normal fault arrays with consequences for fault scaling Journal of Structural Geology 18 1996 295-309
53. Young, S.R., Morris, A.P., Stirewalt, G.L., 1992a. Preliminary structural interpretation of reflection seismic line AV-1. CNWRA 92-024. CNWRA, San Antonio, TX.
54. Young, S.R., Stirewalt, G.L., Morris, A.P., 1992b. Geometric models of faulting at Yucca Mountain. CNWRA 92-008. CNWRA, San Antonio, TX.
55. Zoback M.L. Anderson R.E. Thompson G.A. Cainozoic evolution of the state of stress and style of tectonism of the Basin and Range province of the western United States Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A300 1981 407-434