Review of major shale-dominated detachment and thrust characteristics in the diagenetic zone: Part I, meso-and macro-scopic scale

CK Morley, C von Hagke, RL Hansberry… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is considerable variability in the thickness, structure, and macroscopic deformation
style within shale-prone major thrust zones, which also impacts the structural style in the …

The evolution of Devonian hydrocarbon gases in shallow aquifers of the northern Appalachian Basin: Insights from integrating noble gas and hydrocarbon …

TH Darrah, RB Jackson, A Vengosh, NR Warner… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in domestic energy production from
unconventional reservoirs. This energy boom has generated marked economic benefits, but …

Geomechanical modeling of hydraulic fracturing: Why mechanical stratigraphy, stress state, and pre-existing structure matter

KJ Smart, GI Ofoegbu, AP Morris… - AAPG …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The increasing exploration and production in unconventional resource plays in the past
decade has been accompanied by a greater need for understanding the effectiveness of …

Variable shortening rates in the eastern Himalayan thrust belt, Bhutan: Insights from multiple thermochronologic and geochronologic data sets tied to kinematic …

SP Long, N McQuarrie, T Tobgay, I Coutand… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present data on the burial, displacement and exhumation history of the Himalayan fold‐
thrust belt in eastern Bhutan. These data document the magnitude and timing of …

Understanding Sibumasu in the context of ribbon continents

CK Morley - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Well-described ribbon continent collision belts, and modern examples, with 2D seismic
coverage, particularly Zealandia, provide analogues for the Permo-Triassic development of …

A case study of the collapse of slender pillars affected by through-going discontinuities at a limestone mine in Pennsylvania

GS Esterhuizen, PL Tyrna, MM Murphy - Rock mechanics and rock …, 2019 - Springer
The sudden collapse of approximately 3 Ha of room-and-pillar workings at a limestone mine
in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2015 resulted in an air blast that injured three mine …

Fluid evolution in fracturing black shales, Appalachian Basin

JN Hooker, J Cartwright, B Stephenson… - AAPG …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Opening-mode veins in cores drilled from the mudrocks overlying and underlying the major
Silurian salt décollement in the Appalachian plateau (Tioga and Lawrence Counties …

Penetrative Strain and Partitioning of Convergence‐Related Shallow Crustal Shortening, Across Scales, in the Lesser‐and Sub‐Himalayan Thrusts: Insights From the …

C Parui, K Bhattacharyya, P Ghosh - Tectonics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Shortening estimates from regional balanced cross‐sections remain lower than the
predicted shortening from paleomagnetism and area‐balancing methods in the Himalaya …

Quality control and risk assessment of seismic profiles using area-depth-strain analysis

RH Groshong Jr - Interpretation, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Area-depth-strain (ADS) analysis is a method for quantifying the structural style,
balance, boundary displacement, detachment locations, and subseismic strain from a …

Tracking progressive deformation of an orogenic wedge through two successive internal thrusts: Insights from structure, deformation profile, strain, and vorticity of the …

P Ghosh, K Bhattacharyya, C Parui - Journal of Structural Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
We compare and contrast the structural evolution of two successive internal thrusts, the Main
Central thrust (MCT) and the Pelling-Munsiari thrust (PT), from the crystalline core of the …