Fracture
Reconstructions
2006
Reconstructed opening
history of fracture in sandstone. M. Ward
Jurassic La Boca Formation
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Sample
depth: Outcrop
Inferred depth defm: ~4 to 5 km |
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aperture ~150 microns |
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cement: quartz |
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References
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. [pdf]
Ward, M., in preparation 2006, Diagenesis and Fracture Intensity Development of Opening-Mode Fractures, Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic La Boca Formation, NE Mexico, MS Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Geological Sciences.
Selected completed
initiative theses and dissertations
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