Fracture abundance and patterns in the Subandean fold and thrust belt, Devonian Huamampampa Formation petroleum reservoirs and outcrops, Argentina and Bolivia

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-218

  Iñigo, Juan F ^a,b   Laubach, Stephen E ^a   Hooker, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Pan American Energy   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Diagenesis; Fold; Fracture; Fractured reservoir; Petroleum; Scaling; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANDES; DIAGENESIS; FOLD; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; SCALING;

CRUDE OIL; HINGES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRAIN;

FRACTURE;

DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OUTCROP; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84861686428     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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