All Outputs (10)

Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs (2020)
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Dichiarante, A. M., McCaffrey, K. J., Holdsworth, R. E., Bjørnarå, T. I., & Dempsey, E. D. (2020). Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs. Solid Earth, 11(6), 2221-2244. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2221-2020

Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity datasets from analogue systems are widely used to inform sub-surface fractured reservoir models in a range of geological settings. However, significant uncertainties are associated with the determination of... Read More about Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs.

The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester’s Copse Fields, UK onshore (2020)
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Gluyas, J., De-Paola, N., Imber, J., Jezierski, T., Jones, R., Jordan, P., …Moors, A. (2020). The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester’s Copse Fields, UK onshore. Memoirs, 52, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1144/m52-2018-78

The Humbly Grove Field has, for the UK, a unique development history. It was discovered as an oilfield in May 1980 and produced as an oilfield until 2000 along with small satellite fields Herriard (developed) and Hester's Copse (not developed). Peak... Read More about The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester’s Copse Fields, UK onshore.

Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland (2020)
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Dichiarante, A., Holdsworth, R., Dempsey, E., McCaffrey, K., & Utley, T. (2020). Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 178(1), https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-089

The Devonian Orcadian Basin in Scotland hosts extensional fault systems assumed to be related to the initial formation of the basin, with only limited post-Devonian inversion and reactivation. However, a recent detailed structural study across Caithn... Read More about Outcrop-scale manifestations of reactivation during multiple superimposed rifting and basin inversion events: the Devonian Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland.

Basement reservoir plumbing: Fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland (2020)
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McCaffrey, K., Holdsworth, R., Pless, J., Franklin, B., & Hardman, K. (2020). Basement reservoir plumbing: Fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(6), 1281-1293. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-143

Upfaulted ridges of Neoarchean crystalline basement rocks formed in the Faeroe-Shetland basin as a consequence of Mesozoic rift processes and are an active target for oil exploration. We carried out a comprehensive fault and fracture attribute study... Read More about Basement reservoir plumbing: Fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland.

The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities (2020)
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Hardman, K., Holdsworth, R. E., Dempsey, E., & McCaffrey, K. (2020). The nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(6), 1168-1185. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-074

Fissure-fill networks are a widely recognized, but relatively little described, near-surface phenomenon (

Fracture Attribute and Topology Characteristics of a Geothermal Reservoir: Southern Negros, Philippines (2020)
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Pastoriza-Primaleon, L., McCaffrey, K. J., & Holdsworth, R. E. (2020). Fracture Attribute and Topology Characteristics of a Geothermal Reservoir: Southern Negros, Philippines. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(5), 1092-1106. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-126

The characterization of fracture networks using attribute and topological analyses has not been widely applied to the understanding and prediction of the secondary porosity, permeability and fluid flow characteristics of geothermal resources. We acqu... Read More about Fracture Attribute and Topology Characteristics of a Geothermal Reservoir: Southern Negros, Philippines.

Lithological and structural control on fracture frequency distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp (2020)
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Mercuri, M., Carminati, E., Tartarello, M. C., Brandano, M., Mazzanti, P., Brunetti, A., …Collettini, C. (2020). Lithological and structural control on fracture frequency distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp. Journal of Structural Geology, 137, Article 104085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104085

Understanding the factors controlling fracture frequency distribution can greatly improve the assessment of fluid circulation in fault damage zones, with evident implications for fault mechanics, hydrogeology and hydrocarbon exploration. This is part... Read More about Lithological and structural control on fracture frequency distribution within a carbonate-hosted relay ramp.

Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain (2020)
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Franzel, M., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., Allen, M. B., McCaffrey, K., & Morgan, T. (2021). Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain. Basin Research, 33(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12451

The relationships between large‐scale depositional processes and the stratigraphic record of alluvial systems, e.g. the origin and distribution of channel stacking patterns, changing architecture and correlation of strata, are still relatively poorly... Read More about Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain.

Upper Plate Stress Controls the Distribution of Mariana Arc Volcanoes (2020)
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Andikagumi, H., Macpherson, C., & McCaffrey, K. (2020). Upper Plate Stress Controls the Distribution of Mariana Arc Volcanoes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 125(2), Article e2019JB017391. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb017391

We present a spatial analysis of volcano distribution and morphology in the young, intraoceanic Mariana Arc. Both the quality of fit to idealised models and the divergence from those ideals indicate that Mariana Arc volcanoes are arranged into five g... Read More about Upper Plate Stress Controls the Distribution of Mariana Arc Volcanoes.

The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland (2020)
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Holdsworth, R., Trice, R., Hardman, K., McCaffrey, K., Morton, A., Frei, D., …Rogers, S. (2020). The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(5), 1057-1073. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-142

Hosting up to 3.3 billion barrels of oil in place, the upfaulted Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Lancaster Field, offshore west of Shetland, give key insights into how fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs can form in such old rocks. The Neoarchaean... Read More about The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland.