Polycyclic motion history of some Gulf Coast growth faults from high-resolution displacement analysis

Cartwright, Joe; Bouroullec, Renaud; James, D. M. D.; Johnson, Howard D.

doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0819:pmhosg>2.3.co;2

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“…Baudon and Cartwright, 2008a;2008b;Cartwright et al, 1995;Dawers and Anders, 1995;Gupta and Scholz, 2000;Peacock and Sanderson, 1991;Young et al, 2001); (ii) throw backstripping that is the product of subtracting values of the shallower horizon from deeper horizons, which shows how fault propagates within the interval between the shallower and deeper horizons (e.g., Dutton and Trudgill, 2009;Morley et al,, 2007); (iii) throw-depth (T-z) profiles, which record fault throw for all interpreted horizons and yield information that can be used to interpret the vertical propagation history of faults (Baudon and Cartwright, 2008a, 2008b, 2008cCartwright et al, 1998;Hongxing and Anderson, 2007); (iv) strike projection of fault throw, which allows the 3D fault growth history to be investigated (Walsh and Watterson, 1991); time-thickness maps, created by calculating the difference in TWT between two horizons to tracks spatial variations in subsidence, are used to determine fault activity during those time intervals.…”

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Influence of fault reactivation during multiphase rifting: the Oseberg area, Northern North Sea rift

Deng¹,

Fossen²,

Gawthorpe³

et al. 2017

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Multiphase rifts tend to produce fault populations that evolve by the formation of new faults and reactivation of earlier faults. The resulting fault patterns tend to be complex and difficult to decipher. In this work we use seismic reflection data to examine the evolution of a normal fault network in the Oseberg Fault Block in the northern North Sea Rift System -a rift system that experienced Permian -Early Triassic and Middle Jurassic -Early Cretaceous rifting and exhibits N-S, NW-SE and NE-SW oriented faults.Both N-S-and NW-SE-striking faults were established during the Permian -Early

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Influence of fault reactivation during multiphase rifting: the Oseberg area, Northern North Sea rift

Deng¹,

Fossen²,

Gawthorpe³

et al. 2017

Preprint

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“…These plots provide insights about potential reactivation of fault by dip linkage (Mansfield and Cartwright, 1996;Omosanya and Alves, 2014;Tvedt et al, 2013), and also distinguishing faults that developed through synsedimentary activity from blind or radial propagation of tips (Childs et al, 2003;Omosanya and Alves, 2014). Expansion Index (EI) has been used to define periods of most significant fault growth form normal faults (Beach, 1984;Bischke, 1994;Gibbs, 1983;Mansfield and Cartwright, 1996;Pochat et al, 2009;Thorsen, 1963) but does not contain any information about absolute slip rate (Cartwright et al, 1998). Expansion indices and t-z plots can be used to constrain timing of fault activity.…”

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Deep-seated faults and hydrocarbon leakage in the Snøhvit Gas Field, Hammerfest Basin, Southwestern Barents Sea

Mohammedyasin

Lippard

Omosanya

et al. 2016

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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High-quality 3D seismic data are used to analyze the history of fault growth and hydrocarbon leakage in the Snøhvit Field, southwestern Barents Sea. The aim of this work is to evaluate the role of tectonic fracturing as a mechanism driving fluid-flow in the study area. To achieve this aim, an integrated approach including seismic interpretation, multiple seismic attribute analysis, fault modeling and displacement analysis was used.The six major faults in the study area are dip-slip normal faults which are characterized by complex lateral and vertical segmentation. The three main episodes of fault reactivation interpreted were in late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), early Cretaceous and Paleocene times. Fault reactivation in the study area is mainly through dip-linkage. Throw-distance plots of the representative faults also revealed along-strike linkage and multi-skewed C-type profiles. The throw profiles show that faults in the study area evolved through polycyclic activity involving both blind propagation, syn-sedimentary activity and that they have their maximum displacement at the reservoir zone. The expansion and growth indices provide evidence for coeval fault activity with sedimentation and interaction of the faults with a free surface during their evolution.

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“…1. Example of throw (T, vertical axis) versus depth (Z, horizontal axis) plot constructed from high-resolution seismics across a growth fault in the Gulf coast sediments, offshore Texas, late Pleistocene to recent (modified after Cartwright et al, 1998). Values are in metres.…”

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“…sedimentation always fills-up fault-generated topography (e.g. Mansfield and Cartwright, 1996;Cartwright et al, 1998).…”

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Using T–Z plots as a graphical method to infer lithological variations from growth strata

Castelltort

Pochat

Driessche

2004

Journal of Structural Geology

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The 'T-Z plot' method consists of plotting the throw of sedimentary horizons across a growth fault versus their depth in the hanging wall. This method has been initially developed for the analysis of growth fault kinematics from seismic data. A brief analytical examination of such plots shows that they can also provide valuable information about the evolution of fault topography. When growth is a continuous process, stages of topography creation (fault scarp) and filling (of the space available in the hanging-wall) are related to non-dynamic (draping, mud-prone pelagic settling) and dynamic (sand-prone, dynamically deposited) sedimentation, respectively. In this case, the T -Z plot analysis becomes a powerful tool to predict major lithological variations on seismic profiles in faulted settings. q

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Polycyclic motion history of some Gulf Coast growth faults from high-resolution displacement analysis

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Influence of fault reactivation during multiphase rifting: the Oseberg area, Northern North Sea rift

Influence of fault reactivation during multiphase rifting: the Oseberg area, Northern North Sea rift

Deep-seated faults and hydrocarbon leakage in the Snøhvit Gas Field, Hammerfest Basin, Southwestern Barents Sea

Using T–Z plots as a graphical method to infer lithological variations from growth strata

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