Deformation bands in chalk, examples from the Shetland Group of the Oseberg Field, North Sea, Norway

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-117

  Wennberg, Ole Petter ^a   Casini, Giulio ^a   Jahanpanah, Ali ^a   Lapponi, Fabio ^a   Ineson, Jon ^b   Wall, Brita Graham ^a   Gillespie, Paul ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chalk; Deformation bands; Formation; Porosity reduction; Width

Indexed keywords

CHALK; DEFORMATION BAND; FORMATION; POROSITY REDUCTION; WIDTH;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; POROSITY;

DEFORMATION;

CHALK; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GRAIN SIZE; POROSITY; SHEAR BAND; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; OSEBERG FIELD;

EID: 84885227802     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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