Dear All:
I would like to draw your attention to the following session at GSA 2008
in Houston, October this year. Please circulate where you see fit.
T166. *Fault Seals or Conduits? Insights from Hydrologic and Petroleum
Systems*
/GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies/
Victor F. Bense, Mark Austin Person
In recent years, petroleum and hydrologic studies have revealed that
faults exhibit complex behavior, acting as barriers, conduits, or
conduit-barrier systems for fluid migration. Fault properties are
impacted, for example, by the in situ stress state and deformation
mechanisms such as sand-clay smearing and cataclasis. Significant
advancements in this field of research have occurred in recent years
by studying faults in deep and shallow systems. We welcome
contributions from hydrology and petroleum-based studies that
consider the hydraulic properties of faults as inferred from fluid
flow data, field, and quantitative studies.
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Dr. Victor Bense
University of East Anglia
School of Environmental Sciences
Norwich, NR4 7TJ
England
tel. +44 (0)1603 591297
fax. +44 (0)1603 591327
http://www.uea.ac.uk/~vva06uyu
http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/sci/env/research/hydrogeology
