South-Central Section - 47th Annual Meeting (4-5 April 2013)

Session No. 26
Friday, 5 April 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Classroom 106 (AT&T Center)

T21. Fractures, Faults, and Fluids: From Observations to Numerical Models

 

Estibalitz Ukar and John M. Sharp Jr, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
FAULT AND FRACTURE SYSTEMS IN THE UPPER OCEANIC CRUST: MICROSTRUCTURE AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS
BROWNE, Cassandra, Institute for Geophysics, 10100 Burnet Ln, Bldg. 196, Austin, TX 78758 and HAYMAN, Nicholas W., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 196, Austin, TX 78758, cbrowne@utexas.edu
8:25 AM
FRACTURE IMAGING AND MONITORING OF CHANNELED FLOW IN THE FIELD USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
TSOFLIAS, George, Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and BECKER, Matthew, Geology, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90815, tsoflias@ku.edu
8:45 AM
SYNDEPOSITIONAL FAULT AND FRACTURE CONTROL ON DIAGENETIC FLUID-FLOW, TANSILL CARBONATES (PERMIAN), DARK CANYON, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
FROST III, Edmund Locke, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78713, BUDD, David A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, KERANS, Charles, The Jackson School of Geosicences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and HUNTINGTON, Katharine, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, University of Washington, JHN 070, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, ned.frost@beg.utexas.edu
9:05 AM
A CHRONICLE OF NATURAL FRACTURE PROPAGATION USING FLUID INCLUSIONS
FALL, András, EICHHUBL, Peter, BLACK, Karen and LAUBACH, Stephen E., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, P.O. Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, andras.fall@beg.utexas.edu
9:25 AM
MEASUREMENT AT THE EDGE OF RESOLUTION: CHARACTERIZING FRACTURES IN 3D USING HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
KETCHAM, Richard A.1, SHARP Jr, John M.1, HILDEBRANDT, Jordan2 and SLOTTKE, Donald T.3, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Schlumberger, 1325 S.Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77077, ketcham@jsg.utexas.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
PREDICTION OF FRACTURE ROUGHNESS AND OTHER HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES FROM HRXCT
SHARP Jr, John M.1, AL-JOHAR, Mishal M.2, KETCHAM, Richard A.1 and SLOTTKE, Donald T.3, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Arcadis US, 111 SW Columbia St, Suite 670, Porland, OR 97201, (3)Schlumberger, 1325 S.Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77077, jmsharp@jsg.utexas.edu
10:20 AM
ANISOTROPY IN FRACTURE CLUSTERING: A LACUNARITY STUDY
ROY, Ankur and PERFECT, Edmund, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, aroy1@utk.edu
10:40 AM
STRUCTURAL-DIAGENETIC CONTROLS ON FRACTURE OPENING IN THE NIKANASSIN FORMATION, ALBERTA FOOTHILLS
UKAR, Estibalitz, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, EICHHUBL, Peter, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758 and FALL, András, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, P.O. Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, esti.ukar@beg.utexas.edu
11:00 AM
DISTRIBUTION AND MICROTHERMOMETRY OF FLUID INCLUSIONS WITHIN THE NORTHERN SNAKE RANGE, NV DETACHMENT SYSTEM AT HAMPTON CREEK
CARTER, Matthew, Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 5545 and SIEBENALLER, Luc, IRD GET UR 234, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 314000, carte497@umn.edu
11:20 AM
A NEW APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZING FRACTURE NETWORKS:  AN ANALYSIS OF NATURAL FRACTURES WITHIN THE STILLWELL ANTICLINE, WEST TEXAS
DE LA ROCHA, Luciana, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758 and SURPLESS, Benjamin, Geosciences, Trinity University, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, ldelaroc@trinity.edu
 
11:40 AM
Discussion
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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