Rock Strength of Caprock Seal Lithologies: Evidence for Past Seal Failure, Migration of Fluids and the Analysis of the Reservoir Seal Interface in Outcrop and the Subsurface

This research characterizes the nature of fractures in Paleozoic and Mesozoic caprock seal analogs exposed in central and south-eastern Utah. The results of this research show evidence for fluid flow and mineralization in the subsurface as well as reactivation of fractures suggesting that the fractu...

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Main Author: Petrie, Elizabeth Sandra
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@USU 2014
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2072
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3075&context=etd