Conceptual models for fracturing in fault related folds

Mining Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-108

  LIN, Xiubin ^a,b   CHEN, Hanlin ^a,b   CHENG, Xiaogan ^a,b   SHEN, Zhongyan ^a,b   YANG, Shufeng ^a,b   XIAO, Ancheng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

fault related fold; fracturing; oil and gas exploration

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; JIUQUAN BASIN; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; SPECIFIC SITES; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; WESTERN CHINA;

FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; OIL FIELDS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 76249097988     PISSN: 16745264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1674-5264(09)60169-1     Document Type: Article

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