Clay smear: Review of mechanisms and applications

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-152

  Vrolijk, Peter J ^a   Urai, Janos L ^b   Kettermann, Michael ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay smear; Experiments; Fault process; Fluid flow; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; GAS INDUSTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLAY SMEAR; CRITICAL REVIEW; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAULT PROCESS; FAULTED SECTIONS; OIL AND GAS ACCUMULATION; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; SUBSURFACE FLUID FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENT; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 84961613318     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.09.006     Document Type: Review

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