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NV UT CA AZ Park Road Route 169 0 k
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Figure 2.2. Left-hand photo shows a
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from Aztec highlands riding atop th
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the middle and tens of meters in pl
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Normalized thickness 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.
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5 mm Figure 2.5. Composite photomic
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Middle 500 µm Band trend Tip Figur
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0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 Porosity 0
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compaction around an original Griff
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interpenetration occur, rather the
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y fixing the ratio of band to sands
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σ b 33 1+ ν b = 2 G G b s ( 1−
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MPa 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 8
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the band, and the magnitudes of the
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MPa MPa 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20
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displacement (dislocation) tip elem
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Secondly, the mechanical style of c
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1. Abstract Chapter 3 Energy-releas
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importance to applications because
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h strain energy = W - h strain ener
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Equilibrium requires that σ band =
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h , the CB spacing, is the most var
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1. Abstract Chapter 4 Propagation o
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NV UT CA AZ Park Road Map Detail Pa
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made of the Aztec sandstone in the
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dune boundary dominant CB set cross
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Fig
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(a) (c) compaction band Porosity 0.
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(a) (b) (c) σ 3 σ 1 x 3 x 1 x 1 F
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σ22 r σ21 x 1 x 3 x 2 r σ12 D s
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immediately ahead of the tip, while
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form perpendicular to σ11 r , incr
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0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 −0.1 −0.2
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thin, but finite thickness. It is t
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Distribution of Dn in millimeters 2
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Correction angle (β) in degrees -1
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Distance in meters Distance in mete
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when the ambient stress state is ne
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0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 −0.05 −0.1
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4 3 2 1 0 −1 −2 25 & 5m 5 & 5m
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assumption of an elastic continuum,
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esults therefore suggest that the g
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1. Abstract Chapter 5 Computational
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and Pollard 2000; Lothe et al. 2002
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Figure 5.3. Extensive arrays of dom
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stochastic 3-D realizations based o
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0.5 mm 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3
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Sandstone matrix Compaction band Co
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Porosity and permeability estimates
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5. Conclusions The method applied i
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1. Abstract Chapter 6 Permeability
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In this paper, we use numerical met
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DB tip DB DBs Grains Pores Figure 6
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did not report permeability values
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0 meters 2 Figure 6.3. A typical ou
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0 meter Figure 6.5. A typical anast
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1 meter 1 meter Figure 6.6. An idea
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periodic, f-scale block, denoted ,
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5.3. Finite difference/finite eleme
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Relative Effective Permeability 1.0
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Relative Effective Permeability 1.0
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where kmax and kmin are the maximum
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the discontinuous nature of the pat
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Nonetheless, DBs are commonly ignor
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1. Abstract Chapter 7 Flow and tran
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exert appreciable fluid flow and tr
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out in positive relief as distinct
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To produce a consistent and represe
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(c) (a) (b) l d lm A j m d m A j A
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k 2d m b j = , (7) lb 2d m k b + +
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150 meters 40 meters Figure 7.5. Un
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150 meters I I P P Well-pair midpoi
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large-scale anisotropy is associate
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5.2. Reservoir production A standar
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Figure 7.9. (facing page) Saturatio
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N Leak 150 meters P O Figure 7.11.
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(a) (b) Leak 200 meters Regional gr
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(a) (b) Leak 200 meters No CBs Regi
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vertically such that both the magni
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• The tendency for transported fl
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References Adler, P. M., Jacquin, C
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-, 1984, Non-marine sedimentary roc
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Delaney, P. T., Pollard, D. D., Zio
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Freeze, R. A., and Cherry, J. A., 1
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Longwell, C. R., 1921, Geology of t
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Peck, L., Nolen-Hoeksema, R. C., Ba
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Taylor, W. L., and Pollard, D. D.,