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8 - Faults

Haakon Fossen
Haakon Fossen
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Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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Structural Geology , pp. 151 - 188
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Print publication year: 2010

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Aydin, A., 2000, Fractures, faults, and hydrocarbon entrapment, migration, and flow. Marine and Petroleum Geology 17: 797–814.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cerveny, K., Davies, R., Dudley, G., Kaufman, P., Knipe, R. J. and Krantz, B., 2004, Reducing uncertainty with fault-seal analysis. Oilfield Review 16, 38–51.Google Scholar
Yielding, G., Walsh, J. and Watterson, J., 1992, The prediction of small-scale faulting in reservoirs. First Break 10: 449–460.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Barnett, J. A. M., Mortimer, J., Rippon, J. H., Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J., 1987, Displacement geometry in the volume containing a single normal fault. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 71: 925–937.Google Scholar
Ferill, D. A. and Morris, A. P., 2001, Displacement gradient and deformation in normal fault systems. Journal of Structural Geology 23: 619–638.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hull, J., 1988, Thickness–displacement relationships for deformation zones. Journal of Structural Geology 4: 431–435.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morewood, N. C. and Roberts, G. P., 2002, Surface observations of active normal fault propagation: implications for growth. Journal of the Geological Society 159: 263–272.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Roberts, G. P. and Michetti, A. M., 2004, Spatial and temporal variations in growth rates along active normal fault systems: an example from The Lazio–Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy. Journal of Structural Geology 26: 339–376.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J., 1989, Displacement gradients on fault surfaces. Journal of Structural Geology 11: 307–316.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J., 1991, Geometric and kinematic coherence and scale effects in normal fault systems. In Roberts, A. M., Yielding, G. and Freeman, B. (Eds.), The Geometry of Normal Faults. Special Publication 56, London: Geological Society, pp. 193–203.Google Scholar
Yielding, G., Walsh, J. and Watterson, J., 1992, The prediction of small-scale faulting in reservoirs. First Break 10: 449–460.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Benedicto, A., Schultz, R. A. and Soliva, R., 2003, Layer thickness and the shape of faults. Geophysical Research Letters 30: 2076.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Caine, J. S., Evans, J. P. and Forster, C. B., 1996, Fault zone architecture and permeability structure. Geology 24: 1025–1028.2.3.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Childs, C., Watterson, J. and Walsh, J. J., 1995, Fault overlap zones within developing normal fault systems. Journal of the Geological Society 152: 535–549.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J. J., Bonson, C. G., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, P. L., 2009, A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations. Journal of Structural Geology 31: 117–127.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Peacock, D. C. P. and Sanderson, D. J., 1994, Geometry and development of relay ramps in normal fault systems. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 78: 147–165.Google Scholar
Kim, Y.-S., Peacock, D. C. P. and Sanderson, D. J., 2004, Fault damage zones. Journal of Structural Geology 26: 503–517.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shipton, Z. K. and Cowie, P., 2003, A conceptual model for the origin of fault damage zone structures in high-porosity sandstone. Journal of Structural Geology 25: 333–344.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wibberley, C. A. J., Yielding, G. and Di Toro, G., 2008, Recent advances in the understanding of fault zone internal structure: a review. In Wibberley, C. A. J., Kurz, W., Imber, J., Holdsworth, R. E. and Collettini, C. (Eds.), The Internal Structure of Fault Zones: Implications for Mechanical and Fluid-Flow Properties. Special Publication 299, London: Geological Society, pp. 5–33.Google Scholar
Færseth, R. B., Johnsen, E. and Sperrevik, S., 2007, Methodology for risking fault seal capacity: Implications of fault zone architecture. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 91: 1231–1246.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hesthammer, J., Bjørkum, P. A. and Watts, L. I., 2002, The effect of temperature on sealing capacity of faults in sandstone reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 86: 1733–1751.Google Scholar
Knipe, R. J., 1992, Faulting processes and fault seal. In Larsen, R. M., Brekke, H., Larsen, B. T. and Talleraas, E. (Eds.), Structural and Tectonic Modelling and its Application to Petroleum Geology. NPF Special Publication, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 325–342.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J. J. and Yielding, G., 1999, Fault transmissibility multipliers for flow simulation models. Petroleum Geoscience 5: 53–63.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
King, G. and Cisternas, A., 1991, Do little things matter?Nature, 351: 350.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marrett, R. and Allmendinger, R. W., 1992, Amount of extension on “small” faults: an example from the Viking Graben. Geology 20: 47–50.2.3.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Reches, Z., 1978, Analysis of faulting in three-dimensional strain field. Tectonophysics 47: 109–129.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bengtson, C. A., 1981, Statistical curvature analysis techniques for structural interpretation of dipmeter data. American Association of Petroleum Geologists 65: 312–332.Google Scholar
Erslev, E. A., 1991, Trishear fault-propagation folding. Geology 19: 617–620.2.3.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sibson, R., 1977, Fault rocks and fault mechanisms. Journal of the Geological Society 133: 191–213.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Snoke, A. W., Tullis, J. and Todd, V. R., 1998, Fault-related Rocks: A Photographic Atlas. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Google Scholar
Peacock, D. C. P., Knipe, R. J. and Sanderson, D. J., 2000, Glossary of normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 22: 291–305.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Aydin, A., 2000, Fractures, faults, and hydrocarbon entrapment, migration, and flow. Marine and Petroleum Geology 17: 797–814.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cerveny, K., Davies, R., Dudley, G., Kaufman, P., Knipe, R. J. and Krantz, B., 2004, Reducing uncertainty with fault-seal analysis. Oilfield Review 16, 38–51.Google Scholar
Yielding, G., Walsh, J. and Watterson, J., 1992, The prediction of small-scale faulting in reservoirs. First Break 10: 449–460.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Barnett, J. A. M., Mortimer, J., Rippon, J. H., Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J., 1987, Displacement geometry in the volume containing a single normal fault. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 71: 925–937.Google Scholar
Ferill, D. A. and Morris, A. P., 2001, Displacement gradient and deformation in normal fault systems. Journal of Structural Geology 23: 619–638.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hull, J., 1988, Thickness–displacement relationships for deformation zones. Journal of Structural Geology 4: 431–435.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morewood, N. C. and Roberts, G. P., 2002, Surface observations of active normal fault propagation: implications for growth. Journal of the Geological Society 159: 263–272.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Roberts, G. P. and Michetti, A. M., 2004, Spatial and temporal variations in growth rates along active normal fault systems: an example from The Lazio–Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy. Journal of Structural Geology 26: 339–376.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J., 1989, Displacement gradients on fault surfaces. Journal of Structural Geology 11: 307–316.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Walsh, J. J. and Watterson, J., 1991, Geometric and kinematic coherence and scale effects in normal fault systems. In Roberts, A. M., Yielding, G. and Freeman, B. (Eds.), The Geometry of Normal Faults. Special Publication 56, London: Geological Society, pp. 193–203.Google Scholar
Yielding, G., Walsh, J. and Watterson, J., 1992, The prediction of small-scale faulting in reservoirs. First Break 10: 449–460.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Benedicto, A., Schultz, R. A. and Soliva, R., 2003, Layer thickness and the shape of faults. Geophysical Research Letters 30: 2076.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Caine, J. S., Evans, J. P. and Forster, C. B., 1996, Fault zone architecture and permeability structure. Geology 24: 1025–1028.2.3.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Childs, C., Watterson, J. and Walsh, J. J., 1995, Fault overlap zones within developing normal fault systems. Journal of the Geological Society 152: 535–549.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J. J., Bonson, C. G., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, P. L., 2009, A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations. Journal of Structural Geology 31: 117–127.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Peacock, D. C. P. and Sanderson, D. J., 1994, Geometry and development of relay ramps in normal fault systems. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 78: 147–165.Google Scholar
Kim, Y.-S., Peacock, D. C. P. and Sanderson, D. J., 2004, Fault damage zones. Journal of Structural Geology 26: 503–517.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shipton, Z. K. and Cowie, P., 2003, A conceptual model for the origin of fault damage zone structures in high-porosity sandstone. Journal of Structural Geology 25: 333–344.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wibberley, C. A. J., Yielding, G. and Di Toro, G., 2008, Recent advances in the understanding of fault zone internal structure: a review. In Wibberley, C. A. J., Kurz, W., Imber, J., Holdsworth, R. E. and Collettini, C. (Eds.), The Internal Structure of Fault Zones: Implications for Mechanical and Fluid-Flow Properties. Special Publication 299, London: Geological Society, pp. 5–33.Google Scholar
Færseth, R. B., Johnsen, E. and Sperrevik, S., 2007, Methodology for risking fault seal capacity: Implications of fault zone architecture. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 91: 1231–1246.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hesthammer, J., Bjørkum, P. A. and Watts, L. I., 2002, The effect of temperature on sealing capacity of faults in sandstone reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 86: 1733–1751.Google Scholar
Knipe, R. J., 1992, Faulting processes and fault seal. In Larsen, R. M., Brekke, H., Larsen, B. T. and Talleraas, E. (Eds.), Structural and Tectonic Modelling and its Application to Petroleum Geology. NPF Special Publication, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 325–342.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J. J. and Yielding, G., 1999, Fault transmissibility multipliers for flow simulation models. Petroleum Geoscience 5: 53–63.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
King, G. and Cisternas, A., 1991, Do little things matter?Nature, 351: 350.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marrett, R. and Allmendinger, R. W., 1992, Amount of extension on “small” faults: an example from the Viking Graben. Geology 20: 47–50.2.3.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Reches, Z., 1978, Analysis of faulting in three-dimensional strain field. Tectonophysics 47: 109–129.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bengtson, C. A., 1981, Statistical curvature analysis techniques for structural interpretation of dipmeter data. American Association of Petroleum Geologists 65: 312–332.Google Scholar
Erslev, E. A., 1991, Trishear fault-propagation folding. Geology 19: 617–620.2.3.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sibson, R., 1977, Fault rocks and fault mechanisms. Journal of the Geological Society 133: 191–213.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Snoke, A. W., Tullis, J. and Todd, V. R., 1998, Fault-related Rocks: A Photographic Atlas. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Google Scholar
Peacock, D. C. P., Knipe, R. J. and Sanderson, D. J., 2000, Glossary of normal faults. Journal of Structural Geology 22: 291–305.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Haakon Fossen, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
  • Book: Structural Geology
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
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  • Haakon Fossen, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
  • Book: Structural Geology
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511777806.010
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