Fundamental Advances in Structural Geology Based on Ongoing Studies in Reactivation Tectonics, Part 2

S. Parker Gay Jr.

Oklahoma City Geological Society

..., Pervasive orthogonal fracturing in earth's continental crust: American Stereo Map Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 123 p. Gay, S.P., Jr., 1986, Relative...

Active Ooid Growth Driven By Sediment Transport in a High-Energy Shoal, Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

Elizabeth J. Trower, Marjorie D. Cantine, Maya L. Gomes, John P. Grotzinger, Andrew H. Knoll, Michael P. Lamb, Usha Lingappa, Shane S. O'Reilly, Theodore M. Present, Nathan Stein, Justin V. Strauss, Woodward W. Fischer

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... shorelines, whereas on the shoal crest, the two sets of wave trains should be roughly orthogonal to each other—the northern waves directed SW...

Modification of Clast Shape in High-Arctic Glacial Environments

Matthew R. Bennett , Michael J. Hambrey , and David Huddart

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...; angular 0.17-0.25; subangular 0.25-0.35; subrounded 0.35-0.49; rounded 0.49-0.7; well rounded 0.7-1.0). GLACIAL SETTING Two of the three data sets...

Modeling the Stimulated Reservoir Volumes using DPDK Approach Coupled with Rock Mechanics; #42405 (2019)

Jack H. Deng, Zhangxing Chen, Jia Luo, Kun Wang, Hui Liu

Search and Discovery.com

... for three orthogonal fracture sets: i. Varying the maximum fracture closure Vm and the initial fracture stiffness to represent the high-mid strength...

An Intensive Local Application of Lensen's Isallo Stress Theory to the Sturgeon Lake South Area of Alberta

Paul H. Lu, Adrian E. Scheidegger

CSPG Bulletin

... (overburden pressure) as the greatest principal stress and two horizontal and mutually orthogonal pressures as the Figure 4. Isallo Stress contours, assuming...

Analysis of Compaction Effects on Coal Fracture Patterns, Upper Cretaceous Rock Springs Formation, Southwestern Wyoming

Stephen E. Laubach, Daniel D. Schultz-Ela, Roger Tyler

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Springs Formation, two sets of northeast-striking cleats are present in the same coal beds, with the younger set having more northerly strikes than...

Experimental Investigation of Fluid Thermal Effects on Fracture Brittleness

Alireza RezaGholilou, Hossien Salemi, Nathan Tarom, Pouria Behnoudfar, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

... enabled injection of fluids of various temperatures in the presence of orthogonal stresses. The samples and test records are evaluated in details...

Enhancing seismic delineation of obscured geologic architectural elements in a deepwater channel complex through multi-attribute analysis: A study from the Taranaki Basin

April Moreno-Ward, Heather Bedle, Alexandro Vera-Arroyo

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... of geologic meaning and feature enhancement—is a crucial preliminary step. Proper evaluation is critical for selection of appropriate DR techniques and sets...

Abstracts: What Does Microseismic Tell Us About Hydraulic Fractures?; #90173 (2015)

Shawn Maxwell

Search and Discovery.com

..., and attempt to clarify how much can be interpreted directly from just the MS as well as how it can be used in conjunction with other data sets...

ABSTRACT: Quantitative Stratigraphic Modeling: The Role of Stratigraphic Data Sets, by W. C. Ross, J. A. May, D. E. Watts, J. A. French; #91003 (1990).

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Cross Stratification in Sands of Red River, Louisiana: ABSTRACT

J. C. Harms, D. B. MacKenzie, D. G. McCubbin

AAPG Bulletin

...) Sedimentary structures of two modern point bars on a meandering part of the Red River near Shreveport, Louisiana, were investigated by trenching. On one of them...

Abstract: Eolian Sabkha Sandstones in the Nugget Sandstone (Jurassic), Vernal Area, Utah, by C. J. Schenk and F. Peterson; #91010 (1991)

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Abstract: General Properties of Joints and Joint Networks in Subhorizontally Layered Reservoir Rocks, by E. R. Verbeek and M. A. Grout; #90990 (1993).

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Natural Fractures in Core: Chapter 2

B. R. Kulander, S. L. Dean, B. J. Ward Jr.

AAPG Special Volumes

... such fracture sets may reflect the cumulative effect of different stress events that occurred during specific spans of geological time (Nickelsen, 1976...

Toward a Management Science for Unconventional Wells: A Methodological Approach

Richard R. Batsell, Sanjay Paranji, Jason S. Mintz

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to be very good predictors of well performance. The value of this technique stems from two sets of findings: 1) it reveals the relative impact...

Applications of a Novel Hybrid Model for Unconventional Reservoirs

Joseph A. Ayoub, Brian Blakey, S Krishnamurthy, R.K.M. Thambynayagam

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... simulation results of horizontal wells intersecting multiple orthogonal hydraulic fractures. The new model is then used to show the effect of angle between...

Abstract: Lognormal and Nonparametric Discovery Process Models - Reliable Tools in Petroleum Resource Assessment?, by P. J. Lee; #90987 (1993).

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Chapter 8. U.S.S.R.: Planetary Fracturing: Its Manifestations in the Sections of the Sedimentary Cover and its Role in the Formation of Tectonic Structure and Relief - with Reference to South Turkmenia

V. P. Miroshnichenko

Utah Geological Association

... preparation of rhomboid jointings in inclined strata. Gay, S. Parker, Jr., 1973, PERVASIVE ORTHOGONAL FRACTURING IN EARTH’S CONTINENTAL CRUST: American...

The Structural Development of the Honje High, Bayah High and Adjacent Offshore Areas, West Java, Indonesia

J. T. Keetley, G. T. Cooper, K. C. Hill, Y. Kusumabrata, P. B. O'Sullivan, I. Saefudin

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... and hydrocarbon potential in the Honje-Bayah-East Malingping area, West Java. Discussion Offshore seismic line TQF-106 reveals two sets of N...

2.2 Basement Involved: 2.2.3 Passive Margins: Pre-Middle Cretaceous Geologic History of the Deep Southeastern Gulf of Mexico

R. L. Phair and R. T. Buffler

AAPG Special Volumes

.... The locations of the holes are shown on the map (Figure 1). Two sets of holes were drilled. Shallow basement was the objective of the three western sites...

Regional Fractures I: A Mechanism for the Formation of Regional Fractures at Depth in Flat-Lying Reservoirs (1)

JOHN C. LORENZ , LAWRENCE W. TEUFEL , and NORMAN R. WARPINSKI

AAPG Bulletin

... as two orthogonal sets, both oriented normal to bedding (Figure 3). Fractures of the older set are generally laterally extensive and parallel...

Mechanisms for Deformation of Sedimentary Strata at Sheep Mountain Anticline, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Jeff Hennier, John H. Spang

Wyoming Geological Association

... concentrations of data points suggesting at least two orthogonal sets of fractures (a set defined as a concentration of points within a 60° to 90...

Time-Lapse Imaging of a Hydraulic Stimulation Using 4-D Vertical Seismic Profiles and Fiber Optics in the Midland Basin

Robert Meek, Kevin Woller, Mark George, Robert Hull, Hector Bello, Jed Wagner

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... to the two horizontal wells (A-A’) and diminishes when the image (B-B’) is orthogonal to the wells. The wells are drilled orthogonally to the principle...

Natural Fractures: From Core and Outcrop Observations to Subsurface Models

Estibalitz Ukar, Julia F. W. Gale, András Fall, Ramiro G. López, Damian Hryb, René Manceda, Ignacio Brisson, Eider Hernandez-Bilbao, Ralf J. Weger, Denis A. Marchal, Alain Zanella, Peter R. Cobbold

AAPG Special Volumes

... bed-perpendicular, opening-mode fracture sets are oriented east–west (oldest) and north–south (youngest), and two additional sets (northeast–southwest...

Integration of Stratigraphic High Resolution Dipmeter Data into the Development of the Minnelusa "B" Sand Reservoir in Hawk Point Field, Campbell County, Wyoming

Steven D. Jorgensen, Susan W. James

Wyoming Geological Association

... and magnitude can be computed. The SHDT tool has four orthogonal pads with two closely spaced resistivity "buttons" on each pad. Correlations are made...