Quantifying diagenetic and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity in platform carbonates: An example from the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeast Mexico

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1943-1959

  Ortega, Orlando J ^a   Gale, Julia F W ^b   Marrett, Randall ^c  

^a Shell International e and P   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; CARBONATE BEDS; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIAGENETICS; DOLOMITIZATION; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ME-XICO; MUD CONTENTS; MULTIVARIATE METHODS; PARASEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHTED REGRESSION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

FRACTURE;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; FRACTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL;

CUPIDO;

EID: 78649766924     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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