Natural fractures in a United Kingdom shale reservoir analog, Cleveland Basin, northeast England

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2411-2437

  Imber, Jonathan ^a   Armstrong, Howard ^a   Clancy, Sarah ^a   Daniels, Susan ^b   Herringshaw, Liam ^a   McCaffrey, Ken ^a   Rodrigues, Joel ^a   Trabucho Alexandre, Joao ^a   Warren, Cassandra ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Geospatial Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FAULT SLIPS; SHALE; SILICA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DILATATIONAL STRAIN; HORIZONTAL STRESS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; OPENING MODE FRACTURE; PARALLEL FRACTURES; POROELASTIC DEFORMATION; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC HISTORY;

FRACTURE;

CALCITE; FAULT SLIP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IRONSTONE; JURASSIC; MISSISSIPPIAN; MUDSTONE; POROELASTICITY; RESERVOIR; SHALE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

CLEVELAND BASIN; ENGLAND; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84919344253     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07141413144     Document Type: Article

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