Fault seal prediction of seismic-scale normal faults in porous sandstone: A case study from the eastern Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-350

  Tueckmantel, Christian ^a   Fisher, Quentin J ^a   Knipe, Rob J ^a   Lickorish, Henry ^b   Khalil, Samir M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b El Arish Branch ^*  (Canada)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cataclasite; Damage zone; Deformation band; Fault seal; Gulf of Suez rift

Indexed keywords

CATACLASITE; DAMAGE ZONES; DEFORMATION BAND; FAULT SEAL; GULF OF SUEZ;

CAPILLARITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION;

CATACLASITE; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC METHOD; STRAIN RATE;

EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 72449151639     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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