Deformation bands formed during soft-sediment deformation: Observations from SE Utah

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-222

  Fossen, Haakon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deformation bands; Fault rocks; Permeability; Subseismic deformation

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CONFINING PRESSURES; DEFORMATION BAND; DEFORMATION STRUCTURE; FAULT ROCK; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULTING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 70350602075     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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