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Experimental study of fracture development in multilayers of contrasting strength and ductility
(Texas A&M University, 2002)
The effect of mean ductility, interlayer thickness, and magnitude of shortening on fracture development in bedded rock was investigated by shortening multilayer cylinders (5 cm dia.) 4 to 14% normal to layering in a triaxial ...
Mapping and ranking flow units in reef and shoal reservoirs associated with paleohighs: upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Smackover Formation, Appleton and Vocation Fields, Escambia and Monroe Counties, Alabama
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
Flow units in the Oxfordian Smackover Formation at Vocation and Appleton Fields were identified, mapped, and ranked as part of an integrated reservoir characterization project. Pore categories by origin, pore and pore ...
Experimental study of the transition from brittle shear fractures to joints
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
Current geologic thinking is that there are two, and only two, distinct types of brittle fractures, joints and shear fractures (faults). For over half a century, it has been debated that a third type of fracture, referred ...
Geologic selection methodology for transportation corridor routing
(Texas A&M University, 2002)
A lack of planning techniques and processes on long, linear, cut and cover-tunneling route transportation systems has resulted because of the advancement of transportation systems into underground corridors. The proposed ...
Seismic attribute analyses of lower Permian (Wolfcampian-Leonardian) carbonate buildups, SW Midland, Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
A trend of Wolfcampian-Leonardian carbonate buildups is located in the southwestern Midland Basin, Upton County, Texas. The buildup trend is located east of the eastern faulted margin of the Central Basin Platform and north ...
Competitive sorption of pyrene and pyridine to natural clay minerals and reference clay standards
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
Sorption processes are known to be the controlling factors in mobility of organic contaminants in soils and sediments. It has been generally assumed that the organic matter fraction is the dominant sorbent of organic ...
Controlling factors on the development and evolution of carbonate platforms: isostatic basement response to water-sediment loading
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
The purpose of this study is to accurately use sensitivity analysis on input parameters so a set of numerical simulations will geologically show the relative effects of isostatically compensated water-sediment loads on ...
Timing and Tectonic implications of basin inversion in the Nam Con Son Basin and adjacent areas, southern South China Sea
(Texas A&M University, 2001)
The Nam Con Son (NCS) Basin, located offshore of SE Vietnam, is one of several Tertiary rift basins that formed during initial Eocene(?)-Oligocene rifting. Following cessation of rifting at the end of Oligocene time, these ...
Physical and acoustic properties of sediments off the coasts of Molokai and Lanai Islands, Hawaii
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
Examination of physical and acoustic properties of carbonate-rich sediments was conducted on a suite of cores off of the coasts of Molokai and Lanai Islands, Hawaii. Carbonate mineralogy, grain size, grain density, porosity, ...
Regional tectonics, differential subsidence, and sediment dispersal patterns: implications for sediment flux to the southern South China Sea and regional filling of sedimentary Basins during Pliocene to the Recent time
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
The Nam Con Son, Malay, and West Natuna basins, located offshore of SE Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, initially formed during Eocene(?)-Oligocene rifting, and underwent inversion during Miocene time. Following cessation ...