Porosity and grain size controls on compaction band formation in Jurassic Navajo Sandstone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Schultz, Richard A ^a   Okubo, Chris H ^b   Fossen, Haakon ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d CIPR Bergen ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; COMPACTION BANDS; CRITICAL PRESSURES; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; CRITICAL STATE MODELS; GEOLOGIC RESERVOIRS; GRAIN SIZE CONTROL; JURASSIC; PLASTIC YIELD; ROCK PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; THRUST FAULTING;

COMPACTION;

COMPACTION; GRAIN SIZE; HARDENING; MONOCLINE; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NAVAJO MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 78649494877     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044909     Document Type: Article

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