Multi-scale fracture network analysis from an outcrop analogue: A case study from the Cambro-Ordovician clastic succession in Petra, Jordan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-116

  Strijker, Geertje ^a   Bertotti, Giovanni ^a,b   Luthi, Stefan M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fracture network; Jordan; Multi scale; Outcrop analogue

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANES; CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN; CONTINUUM MODEL; DATA SETS; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; HYBRID MODEL; JORDAN; LOG-NORMAL; MARINE DEPOSITS; MULTISCALES; OUTCROP ANALOGUE; POWER-LAW CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; STUDY AREAS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

FRACTURE;

CAMBRIAN; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORDOVICIAN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

JORDAN; MAAN; PETRA;

EID: 84867214096     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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