Role of Fractures in Michigan Oil and Gas Reservoirs
Advanced Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs in Carbonate Rocks: The Michigan Basin
Project Team
Project Goals and Objectives
Types of Fractured Reservoirs
Origin of Fractures
Regional Analysis of Stress Fields and Fracture Development
Stress Created by Plate Collisions Eastern Continental Margin
Contemporary Maximum Horizontal Compressive Stress Directions
Bedding Parallel Strain from Calcite Twin Analyses
Sources of Data for Analyses of Fractures
Fracture Orientations from Outcrop Measurements
Fracture Study
Antrim Shale Fracture Orientations
Correlation of Fracture Frequency to Logs - Antrim Shale
Modeling Michigan Structures and Fractures using Riedel Shears
Riedel Shear Model for Left Simple Shear
Reidel Shear Development from Basement Fault
Anticlinal Structures created by Paired Reidel Shear Faults
Clayton Field Structural Interpretation from Seismic
Structural Contour Map on Top of Basement
Structural Model of Albion-Scipio Field
Structural Axis Trends in a Portion of Albion-Scipio Field
Fold Orientations and Left-Lateral Wrench Fault Model
Albion-Scipio Field, Riedel Shear Model
Summary and Conclusions
Author: Dr. W. B. Harrison, III
Email: william.harrison_iii@wmich.edu
Home Page: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/svl/geoscience/
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