Geomechanical modeling of an extensional fault-propagation fold: Big Brushy Canyon monocline, Sierra Del Carmen, Texas

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Smart, Kevin J ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Bichon, Barron J ^a   Riha, David S ^a   Huyse, Luc ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; GEOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIME; LIMESTONE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DISPLACEMENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EXTENSIONAL FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDS; FIELD STRUCTURAL DATA; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; SUBSURFACE DEFORMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT PROPAGATION; GEOMECHANICS; LIMESTONE; MODEL TEST; MONOCLINE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

DEL RIO; ECUADOR; SANTA ELENA; SIERRA DEL CARMEN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649222788     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08050908169     Document Type: Article

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