Characterization and development of subsurface fractures observed in the Marcellus Formation, Appalachian Plateau, north-central Pennsylvania

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2301-2346

  Wilkins, Scott ^a   Mount, Van ^a   Mahon, Keith ^a   Perry, Andrew ^a   Koenig, Jon ^a  

^a ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LIME;

ASSOCIATED SETS; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; DIRECTION CHANGE; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; SUB-SURFACE FRACTURES; SUBSURFACE DEFORMATION; VALLEY AND RIDGE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; BEDDING PLANE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLUID INCLUSION; FOLD BELT; FRACTURE; HOMOGENEITY; OUTCROP; REVERSE FAULT; STYLOLITE;

APPALACHIANS; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919341272     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08191414024     Document Type: Article

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