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SELECTED
SLIDE SETS
Laubach,
S. E, Olson, J., Marrett, R., Lander, R., and Bonnell, L.,
2003, Fractures in reservoirs: Prediction, characterization,
incorporation in fluid-flow simulators. Society of
Petroleum Engineers 2003 Distinguished Lecture Tour -- Asia.
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SELECTED
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Gomez,
L. G., and Laubach, S. E, 2006, Rapid digital quantification
of microfracture populations. Journal of Structural
Geology, v. 28, 408-420. €
Ortega,
O. J., Marrett, R., and Laubach, S. E., 2006, A scale-independent
approach to fracture intensity and average fracture spacing:
AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, no. 2 (Feb. 2006), 193-208.€
Laubach,
S.E., and Gale, J.F.W., 2006, Obtaining fracture information
for low-permeability (tight) gas sandstones from sidewall
cores: Journal of Petroleum Geology, v. 29 (2) (April
2006), 147-158. View JSG Cover Art for this Issue:
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Olson,
J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Lander, R. L., 2006,
Combining diagenesis and mechanics to quantify fracture aperture
distributions and fracture pattern permeability:
In Lonergan, L., Jolley, R.J., Sanderson, D.J. ,Rawnsley, K., eds., Fractured
Reservoirs, Geological Society of London Special Publication 270, 97-112.
Makowitz,
A., Lander, R. H., Milliken, K. L., 2006, Diagenetic
modeling to assess the relative timing of quartz cementation
and brittle grain processes during compaction: AAPG
Bulletin 90: 873-885.
Aydin,
A., Borja, R. I., and Eichhubl, Peter, 2006, Geological
and mathematical framework for failure modes in granular rock.
Journal of Structural Geology, v. 28, no. 1, 83-98.
Laubach,
S. E. and Ward, M. W., 2006,
Diagenesis in porosity evolution of opening-mode fractures,
Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic la Boca Formation, NE Mexico.
Tectonophysics 419, 75-97.
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Laubach,
S.E. , Olson, J.E., Eichhubl, P., Lander R.H., 2006,
Accurate
and verifiable interwellbore fracture attribute predictions
by linking diagenesis and fracture observations and models,
Proceedings, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers,
68th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Vienna, Austria (short papers & extended abstracts).
JSG
Structural Diagenesis at 2006
AAPG Convention
Philip,
Z. G., Jennings, J. W. Jr., Olson, J. E., Laubach, S. E.,
and Holder, J., 2005, Modeling coupled fracture-matrix
fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks
: SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, v. 8, no. 4
(August 2005), 300-309. €
Milliken,
K. L., Reed, R. M., and Laubach, S. E., 2005, Quantifying
compaction and cementation within deformation bands in porous
sandstones : in Sorkhabi, R. and Y. Tsuji, eds.,
Faults, Fluid Flow and Petroleum Traps, American Association
of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 85, 237-249. ¥
Boles,
J. R. , Eichhubl, Peter,
Garven, G., and Chen, J., 2005, Evolution of hydrocarbon
migration pathway along a basin-bounding fault: evidence from
fault cements: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 88, 947-970.
Davatzes,
N. C., Eichhubl, Peter, and Aydin, A., 2005, Structural
evolution of fault zones in sandstone by multiple deformation
mechanisms: Moab fault, SE Utah: Geological Society
of America Bulletin, v. 117, no. 1/2, 135-148.
Eichhubl,
Peter, and Flodin, E., 2005, Brittle deformation,
fluid flow, and diagenesis in sandstone at Valley of Fire
State Park, Nevada, in Pederson, J., and Dehler,
C. M., eds., Interior Western United States: Geological Society
of America Field Guides, v. 6, 151-167, doi: 10.1130/2005.fld006(07).
Eichhubl,
Peter, D'Onfro, P., Aydin, A., Waters, J., and McCarty, D.
K., 2005, Structure, petrophysics, and diagenesis
of shale entrained along a normal fault, Black Diamond Mines,
California-implications for fault seal: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 89, no. 9,
1113-1137.
Laubach,
S.E., Olson, J.E., and Gale, J.F.W., 2004, Are open
fractures necessarily aligned with maximum horizontal stress?
Earth & Planetary Science Letters, v. 222, no. 1, 191-195.
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Laubach,
S. E., Reed, R. M., Olson, J. E., Lander, R. H., and Bonnell,
L. M., 2004, Coevolution of crack-seal texture and
fracture porosity in sedimentary rocks: cathodoluminescence
observations of regional fractures : Journal of Structural
Geology, v. 26, no. 5, 967-982. ¥
Laubach,
S., Lander, R., Bonnell, L., Olson, J., and Reed, R., 2004,
Opening histories of fractures in sandstone
: in Cosgrove, J.W., and Engelder, T., editors, The initiation,
propagation, and arrest of joints and other fractures, Geological
Society of London Special Publication 231, 1-9. ¥
Olson,
Jon, 2004, Predicting fracture swarms - the influence
of subcritical crack growth and the crack-tip process zone
on joint spacing in rock , in Cosgrove, J.W., and
Engelder, T., editors, The initiation, propagation, and arrest
of joints and other fractures, Geological Society of London
Special Publication 231, 73-87. ¥
Gale,
J. F. W., Laubach, S. E., Marrett, R. A., Olson, J. E., Holder,
J. & Reed, R. M., 2004, Predicting and characterizing
fractures in dolostone reservoirs: using the link between
diagenesis and fracturing. In: Braithwaite, C. J.
R., Rizzi, G. & Darke, G., eds., The Geometry and Petrogenesis
of Dolomite Hydrocarbon Reservoirs. Geological Society, London,
Special Publications, 235, 177-192. ¥
Eichhubl,
Peter, 2004, Field trip to the San Andreas fault and
related structures at Point Reyes Peninsula, California,
in Proceedings of the 2004 Rock Fracture Project: Stanford
University California, 23 p.
Eichhubl,
Peter, 2004, Growth of ductile opening-mode fractures
in geomaterials. In Cosgrove, J.W., and Engelder,
T., editors, The initiation, propagation, and arrest of joints
and other fractures, Geological Society of London Special
Publication 231, 11-24.
Eichhubl
P, Taylor WL, Pollard DD, et al., 2004, Paleo-fluid
flow and deformation in the Aztec Sandstone at the Valley
of Fire, Nevada - Evidence for the coupling of hydrogeologic,
diagenetic, and tectonic processes. Geological Society
of America Bulletin 116, 1120-1136.
Laubach,
S. E., 2003, Practical approaches to identifying sealed
and open fractures , AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, No. 4,
(April 2003) 561-579. §
Olson,
J. E., 2003, Sublinear scaling of fracture aperture
versus length: An exception or the rule? Journal
of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union), v. 108,
no. B9, 2413, doi:10.1029/2001JB000419.
Makowitz
A, Milliken KL, 2003, Quantification of brittle deformation
in burial compaction, Frio and Mount Simon Formation sandstones
: Journal of Sedimentary Research, 73 (6), 1007-1021.
Reed,
R. M., and Milliken, K. L., 2003. How to overcome
imaging problems associated with carbonate minerals on SEM-based
cathodoluminescence systems : Journal of Sedimentary
Research, 73 (2), 328-332.
Gale,
J. F. W. , 2002 Specifying lengths of horizontal wells
in fractured reservoirs : Society of Petroleum Engineers
Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering , Paper No. SPE 78600,
266-272.
Montoya,
P., Fisher, W., Marrett, R., and Tatham, R., 2002, Estimation
of fracture orientation and relative intensity using azimuthal
variation of P-wave AVO responses and oriented core data in
the Tacata Field, Venezuela , SEG Expanded Abstracts,
2002, AVO2 Case History Section, Salt Lake City, 261-264.
Liu,
X., Srinivasan, S. and Wong, D.W., 2002, Geological
characterization of naturally fractured reservoirs using multiple
point geostatistics , SPE 75246, SPE/DOE Symposium
on Improved Oil Recovery, April 2002.
Hooker,
John N., Marrett, Randall, and Laubach, S. E., 2002, Timing
of faults and extension fractures in the Sierra Madre Oriental,
northeastern Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies Transactions, 52, 421-428.
Marrett,
R., ed., 2001, Genesis and controls of reservoir-scale
carbonate deformation, Monterrey salient, Mexico :
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
Guidebook 28.
Olson,
J.E., Qiu, Y., Holder, J., and Rijken, P., 2001, Constraining
the spatial distribution of fracture networks in naturally
fractured reservoirs using fracture mechanics and core measurements
: SPE 71342.
Holder,
J., Olson, J.E., and Philip, Z., 2001, Experimental
determination of subcritical crack growth parameters in sedimentary
rock : Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, no. 4,
599-602.
Laubach,
S. E., Reed, R. M., Olson, J., Ortega, Orlando, and Gale,
J. F. W., 2001, Fracture-surrogate analysis methods
applied to Spraberry, Bone Spring, and Canyon cores: preliminary
results, in The Permian Basin: microns to satellites,
looking for oil and gas at all scales: West Texas Geological
Society Fall Symposium, West Texas Geological Society Publication
01-110, 75-79.
Milliken,
K.L., and Laubach, S.E., 2000, Brittle deformation
in sandstone diagenesis as revealed by scanned cathodoluminescence
imaging with application to characterization of fractured
reservoirs : Chapter 9, Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences,
New York, Springer Verlag, 225-243.
Ortega,
O.O. and Marrett, R., 2000, Prediction of macrofracture
properties using microfracture information, Mesaverde Group
sandstones, San Juan Basin, New Mexico : Journal
of Structural Geology, 22, 571-588.
Laubach,
S. E., Marrett, R., and Olson, J. O., 2000, New directions
in fracture characterization, The Leading Edge
, July, 704-711. €
SELECTED
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Lander,
R.H., and Walderhaug, O., 1999, Porosity prediction
through simulation of sandstone compaction and quartz cementation
: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, 433-449. More about Geocosm
Marrett,
R., Ortega, O.O., and Kelsey, C., 1999, Power-law
scaling of natural fractures in rock : Geology, v.
27, 799-802.
Laubach,
S. E., Marrett, R., Olson, J., and Scott, A. R., 1998, Characteristics
and origins of coal cleat: a review: International
Journal of Coal Geology, v. 35, 175-207. PDF
Laubach,
S. E., 1997, A method to detect natural fracture strike
in sandstones : American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, no. 4, 604-623. PDF
Eichhubl,
Peter, ed., 1998, Diagenesis, deformation, and fluid
flow in the Miocene Monterey Formation of coastal California:
SEPM Pacific Section Special Publication, v. 83, 98 p.
Marrett,
Randall, 1996, Aggregate properties of fracture populations
: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 18, No. 2/3, 169-178.
SELECTED ABSTRACT
Lander, R.H., Gale, J.F.W., Laubach, S.E., and Bonnell, L.M., 2002. Interaction between quartz cementation and fracturing in sandstone. AAPG Annual Convention Program 11, A98
SELECTED POSTER
Laubach, S. E., 2004, Progressive diagenesis, evolving mechanical stratigraphy and fracture patterns in tight gas sandstones. AAPG Hedberg Research Conference. PDF [ more posters ]
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