Constraints on bed scale fracture chronology with a FEM mechanical model of folding: The case of Split Mountain (Utah, USA)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 576-577, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-215

  Sassi, W ^a   Guiton, M L E ^b   Leroy, Y M ^c   Daniel, J M ^a   Callot, J P ^d  

^a IFPEN   (France)

^b IFPEN   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Chronology of fracture sets development; Elasto plasticity; Finite element method; Folding; Fracture sets; Mechanical modeling of fold related fractures

Indexed keywords

BURIAL HISTORY; CHRONOLOGY OF FRACTURE SETS DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; DISPLACEMENT LOADING; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOLD STRUCTURES; FOLDING; FOLDING PROCESS; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOMECHANICAL MODELING; JOINT SET; LARAMIDE; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL MODELING; MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; NATURAL FRACTURE; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK MATERIALS; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SLIDING MODES; STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS; TOTAL PLASTIC STRAIN; UTAH , USA;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDFORMS; LOADING; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESTORATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FRACTURE;

CHRONOLOGY; DISPLACEMENT; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLDING; FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84867897962     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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