The mechanics of clay smearing along faults

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 787-790

  Egholm, D L ^a   Clausen, O R ^a   Sandiford, M ^b   Kristensen, M B ^c   Korstgard J A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay smear faults; Mohr Coulomb; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

CLAY SMEAR FAULTS; COULOMB FAILURES; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; FAULT GOUGES; FAULT PERMEABILITIES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; LAYER THICKNESSES; LAYERED SOILS; MODEL FRAMEWORKS; MOHR-COULOMB; QUANTITATIVE DYNAMICS; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SOIL FRICTION ANGLES;

CLAY MINERALS; FRICTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CLAY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAULT GOUGE; FRICTION; PERMEABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHALE;

EID: 54949120628     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24975A.1     Document Type: Article

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