2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 67
Monday, 17 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T13. Fault Zone Controls on Fluid Movement, Earth Resources and Processes: Perspectives from Field, Laboratory, and Modeling Studies I

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Victor F. Bense and Jonathan Caine, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAULT PERMEABILITY, PORE PRESSURE AND EFFECTIVE STRESS USING CONSTRAINTS FROM RESERVOIR INDUCED SEISMICITY
LUNN, Rebecca J., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom, NASCIMENTO, Aderson, Programa de Pós-Graduação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-970, Brazil and COWIE, Patience A., School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, r.j.lunn@hw.ac.uk, r.j.lunn@hw.ac.uk
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8:25 AM
MID-OCEAN RIDGE AXIAL FAULTING AND FLUID FLOW IN THE UPPER OCEANIC CRUST
HAYMAN, Nicholas W., Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708 and KARSON, Jeffrey A., Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27708-0230, hayman@duke.edu, hayman@duke.edu
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8:40 AM
COLLECTING INFORMATION ON FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE TO IMPROVE ESTIMATES OF FAULT SEALING
SHIPTON, Zoe K., Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and LUNN, Rebecca J., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom, z.shipton@earthsci.gla.ac.uk, z.shipton@earthsci.gla.ac.uk
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9:00 AM
GEOMETRIC EFFECTS ON FLOW ACROSS FAULTED SEDIMENTARY STRATA – IMPLICATIONS FOR FAULT GOUGE
VROLIJK, Peter1, SHAFTO, Kent2, MYERS, Rodrick1 and BUNDS, Michael3, (1)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P. O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, (2)Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, Lekki Expressway, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, (3)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley State College, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058-5999, peter.vrolijk@exxonmobil.com, peter.vrolijk@exxonmobil.com
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9:15 AM
PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE OF A LARGE, BASIN-BOUNDING, NORMAL FAULT IN PLATFORM CARBONATES, CENTRAL ITALY
AGOSTA, Fabrizio, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 and AYDIN, Atilla, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Braun Hall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, bizio@pangea.stanford.edu, bizio@pangea.stanford.edu
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9:30 AM
FAULTS AS CONDUIT-BARRIER SYSTEMS TO FLUID FLOW IN SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS
BENSE, Victor F., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and PERSON, Mark, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, vbense@indiana.edu, vbense@indiana.edu
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9:45 AM
STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, MECHANICAL EVOLUTION, AND HYDROLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FAULTS IN POORLY LITHIFIED SEDIMENTS OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
RAWLING, Geoffrey, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801-4796 and GOODWIN, Laurel, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, geoff@gis.nmt.edu, geoff@gis.nmt.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
MODELING THE FLUID FLOW IMPLICATIONS OF VARYING FAULT PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE ALONG THE TEASDALE FAULT, UTAH
DUNN, Jeffrey T., MWH Americas, Inc, 10619 So. Jordan Gateway, Suite 100, South Jordan, UT 84095 and FORSTER, Craig B., College of Architecture+Planning, University of Utah, 375 S. 1530 E, Room 235, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, jeffrey.t.dunn@mwhglobal.com, jeffrey.t.dunn@mwhglobal.com
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10:35 AM
DIAGENESIS OF DEFORMATION-BAND FAULTS: THE RECORD AND MECHANICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF VADOSE-ZONE FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN THE BANDELIER TUFF, LOS ALAMOS, NM
WILSON, Jennifer E., Geological Sciences Department, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, GOODWIN, Laurel B., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and LEWIS, Claudia J., EES-9, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, thejenwilson@hotmail.com, thejenwilson@hotmail.com
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10:50 AM
FAULTING STYLES, FRACTURE NETWORKS, PALEO AND PRESENT-DAY FLUID FLOW ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE QUESTA CALDERA, RED RIVER VALLEY, NEW MEXICO
CAINE, Jonathan Saul, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, jscaine@usgs.gov, jscaine@usgs.gov
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