Structural controls of fracture orientations, intensity, and connectivity, Teton anticline, Sawtooth Range, Montana

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 995-1014

  Ghosh, Kajari ^a   Mitra, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HINGES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DISTRIBUTION OF CLUSTER; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; FRACTURE PARAMETER; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURE; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

FRACTURE;

ANTICLINE; CARBONATE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; RESERVOIR;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SAWTOOTH RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349315076     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04020908115     Document Type: Article

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