A 48 m.y. history of fracture opening, temperature, and uid pressure: Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1081-1093

  Becker, S P ^a,d   Eichhubl, P ^a   Laubach, S E ^a   Reed, R M ^a   Lander, R H ^b   Bodnar, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Geocosm LLC   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS TWO PHASE; BANDED STRUCTURES; EAST TEXAS; EVOLUTION MODELS; FRACTURE OPENING; MICROTHERMOMETRY; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EVOLUTION; QUARTZ CEMENTS; QUARTZ GROWTH; RAMAN MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; SATURATED BRINES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TIME SPAN;

BIOLOGY; CEMENTS; INCLUSIONS; METHANE; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FRACTURE;

BRINE; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE; PORE PRESSURE; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATURE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954000495     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30067.1     Document Type: Article

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