Mechanism of formation of wiggly compaction bands in porous sandstone: 1. Observations and conceptual model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8138-8152

  Liu, Chun ^a,b   Pollard, David D ^b   Deng, Shang ^b,c   Aydin, Atilla ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

formation mechanism; grain sorting; porosity; sandstone deformation; wiggly compaction band

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; HOST ROCK; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; SORTING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK;

EID: 84957850790     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012372     Document Type: Article

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